Operation 'all out' is going full steam in Jammu and Kashmir. In the month of June 2020, the joint teams of security forces have gunned down 51 terrorists, highest so far in one month since November 2018.
The highest number of 28 terrorists were neutralised in South Kashmir's Shopian district alone while 10 terrorists were gunned down in Pulwama, 5 in Anantnag, 2 each in Kulgam and Baramulla and four in Rajouri district.
According to Dilbagh Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, "despite repeated attempts aimed at pushing heavily armed infiltrators inside the Indian territory the multi layered security grid remains intact and fully alert to foil nefarious designs of Pakistan".
He said in the first six months, the security forces have so far eliminated 128 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
Out of this, pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit suffered maximum hits. At least 70 terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen, 20 each of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Jaish-e-Mohammad and rest from different terror outfits were gunned down by the security forces in clean operations.
In the majority of operations conducted in South Kashmir districts, the security forces didn't suffer any major collateral damage and attempts were made to ensure zero loss of life and property of civilians near the encounter site.
DGP, however, maintained that the terrorist launch pads were active in Pakistan and attempts were being made to infiltrate terrorists into India.In the past many such attempts were foiled and they will be foiled in the future also," he said.
He also said that it was being noticed that there was a decline in the number of local boys joining terror ranks.At present, only 24 fresh recruits are active in the Kashmir valley and a large number of misguided youth, who had taken up arms have been restored back to their families after counselling them.
Interacting with the local media in Poonch , after reviewing the security situation in border districts, DGP said, on Tuesday two terrorists involved in the killing of a five-year-old child and a CRPF jawan last week were eliminated in the village Waghama area of Anantnag.
The joint operation was conducted by the JKP , 3RR and CRPF in the said area.
According to a police spokesman, during the search operation as the presence of terrorists got ascertained they were given the opportunity to surrender, however they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, which was retaliated leading to an encounter.
In the ensuing encounter, 02 unidentified terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. IGP Kashmir,Vijay Kumar said that both the killed terrorists along with terrorist Zahid were involved in killing of one Policeman last year and killings of two CRPF personnel and one minor boy recently.