Intensifying anti terrorist operations across the Kashmir valley a joint team of security forces gunned down four more terrorists including a Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist commander while one of them was captured alive in three different encounters at Pulwama, Ganderbal and Handwara on Saturday.
Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of police, Kashmir, said that security forces had launched joint operations at four to five locations on Friday night which led to the killing of two Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM) terrorists and two LeT terrorists. The security forces have also caught one terrorist alive,he added.IGP Kashmir termed the elimination of wanted Pakistani terrorist as a big success and congratulated the joint forces for conducting successful anti-terrorist operations without any collateral damage.
Encounters in Handwara and Pulwama were over while the operation at Ganderbal was still going on. The encounters followed the killing of a sarpanch in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.According to a police spokesman, the first encounter took place in Chewaklan Village of Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
The security forces exercised utmost restraint before neutralising terrorists as they were hiding inside a local religious place. During the overnight operation, a Pakistani JeM commander identified as Kamaal Bhai @ Jatt, who was active since 2018, was neutralised in Pulwama. The other killed terrorist has been identified as terrorist commander Aqib Mushtaq @Usman Hyder son of Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat resident of Karimabad Pulwama.
An active terrorist was also arrested during another anti-terrorist operation carried in village Wahibugh area. He has been identified as Rouf Ahmad Mir son of Mohammad Yousuf Mir resident of Parigam Pulwama. So far, security forces have killed 35 terrorists in the year 2022. This includes 9 top Pakistani terrorists. Around 16 terrorists have been arrested alive by the forces.Two more anti-terrorist operations were launched in village Nechama Rajwar area of Handwara by Police, 21RR & 09 Para and in village Serch area of Ganderbal by Police, 24RR & 115 CRPF followed by specific information’s generated by respective police units.
In the ensuing encounters at Handwara & Ganderbal, one terrorist each, affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounters. Killed terrorist at Handwara encounter site has been identified as Suhail Ahmad Ganie son of Gulzar Ahmad resident of Terigam Kulgam while as the killed terrorist at Ganderbal has been identified as Adil Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Ahad resident of Badarkund Ganderbal.
As per police records, the killed terrorists were categorized terrorists and part of group involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on Police/SFs and civilian atrocities. The killed Pakistani terrorist Kamaal Bhai was active since 2018 in Shopian-Pulwama areas. Terrorist Adil Khan killed in Ganderbal was involved in attack on Vice president of BJP of dist Ganderbal on 6 Oct 2020, civilian killings in Srinagar, besides facilitated grenade attack at Towheed Chowk & Chappargund, Ganderbal.
He was also involved in motivating youth to join terror folds.From the three encounter sites, incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 02 AK-56 rifles, 01 AK short barrel rifle, 01 Pistol, 09 AK-magazines, 01 Grenade, 08 Pistol rounds and 32 AK rounds have been recovered.
On Thursday, three terrorists were killed in two operations in the Kashmir valley. Two of them were killed in south Kashmir's Pulwama district while one of the terrorists was killed in Hazratbal area of Srinagar. All of them were said to be of LeT outfit.