Three terrorists belonging to Al-Badr terror outfit were killed and five civilians received injuries in two different incidents of terrorist violence in Pulwama and Baramulla districts of Kashmir on Wednesday.
In the first incident, three Al-Badr terrorists were neutralised by the joint team of security forces in Tiken area of Pulwama while one civilian, in whose house terrorists were reportedly hiding, received gunshot injuries during the gunfight.
The killed terrorists were part of groups involved in many terror crime cases including planning & executing several major terror attacks on security forces.
Meanwhile, four civilians received injuries in a grenade attack in Singhpora area of Pattan in Baramulla.
So far, 214 terrorists have been neutralised by the security forces in J&K. Out of this 164 were local terrorists and 50 were foreign terrorists.
According to a police spokesman, after receiving a specific input about the presence of terrorists in Tiken area of Pulwama a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Pulwama police, 55RR and 182, 183 BNs CRPF in the area.
“During the search operation, as the presence of terrorists got ascertained they were given opportunity to surrender, however, they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated leading to an encounter”, police spokesman said.
In the ensuing encounter, three terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. They have been identified as Mehraj-ud-Din Lone resident of Arigam Pulwama, Umer Ali resident of Dadsara Tral and Umar Farooq resident of Sugan Shopian. All the killed terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Al-Badr. Zamir Sadiq Lone in whose house the terrorists were hiding also received gunshot injuries and was evacuated to hospital for the treatment of his injuries where his condition is stated to be stable.
In the second incident, at least four civilians received splinter injuries in a grenade attack in Singhpora area of Pattan in Baramulla district. Police Spokesman said, at about 9.55 a.m terrorists hurled a grenade upon SSB vehicle at Singhpora Pattan area of Baramulla.
According to a police spokesman, the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on road.
In this incident, four civilians received splinter injuries and were evacuated to nearby hospital for the treatment of their injuries.