Braving inclement weather conditions a joint team of security forces on Monday gunned two terrorists belonging to the Al-Badr terrorist outfit in village Hasanpora of Anantnag.
The operation was launched in the area late on Sunday evening after confirming the presence of local terrorists in the area. So far 13 terrorists, including 6 foreign mercenaries, have been eliminated by the security forces in over half a dozen encounters.
Meanwhile, strict vigil is being maintained along the line of control in the North Kashmir district of Kupwara to prevent fresh infiltration bids.
As per police records, both the killed terrorists were categorized terrorists. They have been identified as Imad Muzaffar Wani resident of Arigam Pulwama and Abdul Rashid Thoker resident of Hassanpora.
Accordingt to a police spokesman, both the slain ultras were part of groups involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities.
Terrorist Imad Wani was involved in an attack on police personnel Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay of Pulwama on 19-12-2021, in which the said police personnel got seriously injured. While as, killed terrorist Abdul Rashid Thoker, before joining terrorist ranks was working as terrorist associate and was also involved in attack on a civilian at Chitragam in which said civilian got injured.