Five terrorists, including three infiltrators, were killed in two separate encounters in North Kashmir’s Keran sector of Kupwara and Sopore in north Kashmir, official sources said. An over-ground worker of a pan-Islamic outfit was also held in Ganderbal district.
Officials said three unidentified infiltrators were killed in a fierce gunfight after the Army foiled a major Infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of frontier district Kupwara in north Kashmiron Thursday.
Army sources said that the bodies of armed ultras were lying close to the LoC and the counter-infiltration operation was going on in the sector.
In another incident, two Pakistani Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists were killed in an operation at Checkipora, Sheikhpora village in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A police spokesman identified the slain ultras as Ali alias Athar and Zia-ur-Rehman. He said Ali was one of the important commanders of JeM and mastermind behind the Sopore Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in which four policemen were killed. Security sources said a brief gunfight broke out late on Wednesday night following the launch of cordon and search operation in the Arampora area. They said later there was a lull for several hours as militants reportedly moved to some nearby house.