Three terrorists belonging to the pro Pakistan Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit were gunned down by the joint team of security forces in village Check Cholan of Shopian on Wednesday.
The terrorists have been identified by the local police as Amir Hussain Ganie son of Manzoor Ahmad resident of Check Cholan Shopian, Rayees Ahmed Mir son of Nazir Ahmad resident of Kapran Shopian and Haseeb Ahmad Dar son of Mohd Yousuf Dar resident of Khudwani Kulgam.
According to the police records, all the three killed terrorists were categorized terrorists and linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT (TRF) were part of groups involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities.According to a police spokesman the killed terrorist Aamir Hussain was active since Sept-2020 and involved in several terror crime cases including Case FIR No. 264/2021 of PS Shopian regarding attack on Police/SF at Village Rakhma on 01/10/2021. He was also involved in luring gullible youth to join terror folds. While as terrorist Rayees Ahmad was active since June-2021 and involved in several terror crime cases including attack on Police/SF. He was also involved in an attack on security forces at Village Rakhma. Besides, terrorist Haseeb Yousuf was also involved in several terror crime cases in the areas of Kulgam.
Police said, security forces also recovered arms & ammunition including 01 AK 74 rifle and 02 pistols from the encounter site.