Jammu & Kashmir: 5 terrorists killed in Kashmir, weapons, and ammunitions recovered along with 2 AK rifles

5 Terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al-Badr were killed in 2 encounters with security forces in Anantnag and Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. Tausif Ahmad Bhat and Aamir Hussain Ghani were killed in an encounter at Semthan in the Bijbehra area of ​​Anantnag district in south Kashmir when they refused to surrender and opened indiscriminate firing on a team of security forces carrying out search operations. Both the slain terrorists were from the Bijbehra area and were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Both were wanted in several terrorist offenses. He was involved in the murder of Mohammad Salim Akhoon, a soldier of the provincial army, near his home in Gorivan Bijbehara.

Arms and ammunition recovered with the rifle

One of these slain terrorists was a 14-year-old boy who had recently been involved in terrorism. At the same time, 2 army personnel have also been injured in the encounter. The other terrorists have been identified as Asif Ahmed Ganai and Faizal Gulzar Ganai. Both were residents of Chitragram Kalan. The third terrorist killed has not been identified yet. 2 A.K from the scene Arms and ammunition, including a rifle, were recovered. Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said that the terrorists responsible for killing the army jawan were killed in a Bijbehra encounter within 2 days.

Terrorists were also killed in the main city of the Shopian district

Recently, security forces killed seven militants, including Imtiaz Ahmad Shah, the head of terrorist organization Ansar Gajwatul Hind, in two encounters at Jan Mohalla in the main town of Shopian district in south Kashmir. Police gave this information on Friday. “Five were killed in an encounter in Shopian while two militants were killed in an encounter in Naubagh in Tral area of ​​Pulwama district,” a police official said.

Earlier, the police of Kashmir zone had said that after the encounter last night, efforts are on to apprehend two terrorists hiding in a mosque in Shopian. Police said in a tweet, the brother of the hidden terrorist and the local Imamsahab have been sent inside the mosque to bring out the terrorist and surrender. Efforts are on to save the mosque from damage.

Four security personnel were injured

In an earlier tweet, the police said that the head of the terrorist organization Ansar Gajwatul Hind (AGH) has also been surrounded. It said the head of the banned terrorist organization AGUH (JEM) was surrounded. Police said the encounter in Shopian started on Thursday evening. He said that three militants have been killed and four security forces personnel have been injured. In another encounter on Friday morning in Tral area of ​​Pulwama, two unidentified militants were killed by security forces, police said.