Jammu and Kashmir: 2 terrorists killed in Awantipora encounter, 4 terrorists eliminated in 24 hours
Police and security forces have killed 2 terrorists in Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Police has given this information on Tuesday. An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Rajpura area on Monday evening. The special thing is that on Monday itself, two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed by security forces in Pulwama.
Jammu and Kashmir Police said that two terrorists have been killed in the encounter. Incriminating material including two AK-47s have been recovered from them. The slain terrorists have been identified as Shahid Rather of Tral and Umar Yusuf of Shopian. Kashmir IGP Vijay Kumar said that apart from terrorist activities, Shadih was also involved in the murder of Aripal’s woman Shakeela and Lurgam Tral’s government employee Javed Ahmed.
Two terrorists killed in Pulwama
Two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Pulwama district. The police had given this information on Monday. A police spokesman said that a terrorist involved in the killing of police constable Riyaz Ahmed earlier this month was also killed in the encounter. A police spokesman said that on Sunday night in Gundipur, Pulwama, security forces had cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to trace the terrorists.
He said that during the search operation when the security forces moved towards the suspected spot, the terrorists hiding in the house of a person named Nazir Ahmed Mir opened indiscriminate fire, following which retaliatory action was taken and the encounter started. To avoid any damage due to darkness, the operation was halted during the night and resumed in the early hours, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that as per police records, both the terrorists killed were part of groups involved in several cases including attacks on police and atrocities on civilians. “The slain terrorist Abid Shah was involved in the killing of unarmed police constable Riyaz Ahmed at his house in Gadoora area of Pulwama on May 13, 2022,” he said.
Kashmir’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar congratulated the forces for conducting the anti-militancy operation in a professional manner without any casualties. He also lauded the joint team for tracking and eliminating the terrorists involved in the recent killing of a policeman in Pulwama.
