Via PTI
SRINAGAR: 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who had been concerned within the fresh killing of a sarpanch in Khonmoh, had been killed in an come across with safety forces at the outskirts of the town right here in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police stated.
The safety forces introduced a cordon-and-search operation at Nowgam early within the morning after receiving explicit inputs concerning the presence of terrorists within the house, a police spokesperson stated.
He stated the hunt operation became an come across after the terrorists fired upon the forces, who retaliated.
“Within the resulting come across, 3 classified terrorists had been killed and their our bodies retrieved from the website of the come across. They had been known as Adil Nabi Teli, a resident of Galchibal Chandhara, Pampore, Shakir Ahmad Tantray, a resident of Ronipora, Shopian, and Yasir Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Kujer Frisal, Kulgam,” the spokesperson stated.
“In step with police data, the slain terrorists had been affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT (TRF) and had been energetic since 2021. They had been a part of teams excited about a number of terror crime circumstances, together with assaults on police and safety forces and civilian atrocities,” the spokesperson stated.
The 3 males had been concerned within the killing of the sarpanch in Khonmoh on March 9, Inspector Basic of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, stated, including that they used to hold out assaults on Panchayati Raj establishment contributors and secure individuals.
“The killing of the 3 terrorists is a big good fortune for the police. We now have busted all of the modules concerned within the fresh killings of sarpanches, CRPF team of workers and many others., together with that of a Territorial Military soldier of Budgam,” the IGP stated.
He stated the slain ultras had been making plans to hold out an assault on safety forces at the nationwide freeway. “Pakistan does now not need the democratic procedure or building to proceed. So they’re concentrated on panches and sarpanches. However we’re giving them a befitting answer. We’re figuring out them, arresting them or neutralising them in encounters,” Kumar stated.
The police spokesperson stated Teli, at the side of his pals, was once additionally concerned within the killing of Inspector Pervaiz Ahmad Dar at Menganwari Nowgam in June ultimate 12 months and within the killing of Javaid Ahmed Malik at Lurgam Tral.
But even so, he was once excited about a grenade assault on a joint birthday celebration of police and the CRPF at Barbarshah in Srinagar, through which one civilian was once killed and 3 had been injured.
Tantray and Wagay had been excited about a number of terror crime circumstances, together with the killing of ASI Mohammad Ashraf close to the Bijbehara police station in Anantnag in December ultimate 12 months.
Incriminating fabrics, hands and ammunition, together with an AK rifle, 3 AK magazines, 14 AK rounds, two pistols, 4 pistol magazines and 6 pistol rounds, had been seized from the website of the come across. The entire seized fabrics were taken into case data for additional investigation.
