In the operation that lasted for eight hours, the security forces killed three terrorists.
Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) | Police, Army and CRPF gunned down three terrorists belonging to the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an overnight joint operation in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Officials gave this information on Wednesday. Of the three terrorists, one has been identified as Pakistani and the other two are locals.
In the eight-hour-long operation, Ejaz alias Abu Huraira, a Pakistani terrorist and two other terrorists identified as Javed Rather of Tahab (Pulwama) and Shahnawaz Ghani of Srinagar, were gunned down by security forces, the army said. Have given. The Army said that after receiving specific intelligence from the police about the presence of terrorists in the built-up area of New Colony in Pulwama, a raid was conducted by the soldiers of Rashtriya Rifles Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF at Panzgom, Pulwama at 11.55 pm on Tuesday. The campaign was launched.
Three LeT militants, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of J&K on Wednesday, police said.
One of the slain terrorists had been identified as LeT commander Aijaz Abu Huraira, police said.https://t.co/FVOkehvKqN
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The statement said, when the army was laying siege at 1.20 pm on Tuesday-Wednesday, the terrorists opened fire on the soldiers and tried to escape taking advantage of the darkness. The alert soldiers immediately opened fire and the fleeing terrorists were thereafter trapped in a house. According to the statement, a call for surrender was made, but the terrorists continued to open indiscriminately, following which an encounter broke out. Two AK-47 rifles, one pistol and other incriminating material were recovered from the encounter site.
According to the police, these notorious terrorists were involved in several anti-national activities and were involved in the recruitment of terrorists in South Kashmir. The neutralization of the three terrorists will go a long way in bringing peace to Pulwama district and in easing the suffering and hardships caused to civilians at the hands of these notorious terrorists, the Army said.