Director General of Jammu & Kashmir Police, Dilbagh Singh, Saturday claimed the total number of active terrorists in the State has come down to less than 250 due to sustained counter terrorism operations by the joint team of security forces.
Since January 1, 2020 a total number of 25 terrorists have been eliminated by the security forces in around one dozen operations and about 40 over ground workers have been arrested preventing major terror strikes on vital security installations.
Briefing media persons after another successful operation in Sangam area of Anantnag district in the wee hours of saturday, DGP said security forces gunned down two local Lashkar-e- Toiba terrorists in Anantnag early Saturday morning.
DGP said, "a cordon & search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces in Gund Baba Khali area of Sangam in District Anantnag after receiving credible inputs. During the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, 02 terrorists were killed and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter".
DGP said, the killed terrorists have been identified as Naveed Ahmad Bhat and Aqib Ahmad Bhat both residents of Kulgam.
As per police records, the slain terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT and were wanted by law for their complicity in terror crimes including attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities.