2 Army men terrorist killed in encounter in J-Ks Shopian
Srinagar Feb 19 PTI Two Army soldiers and an LeT terrorist were killed in an encounter in south Kashmirs volatile Shopian district a senior police official said here on Saturday The encounter took place after a joint search operation was launched Friday night in Chermarg in Zainpora of Shopian based on a specific intelligence input of the police about the presence of a terrorist there Inspector General of Police Kashmir Range Vijay Kumar said The security personnel involved in the search operation following the standard operating procedure closed in on a cluster of houses and started moving out civilians When the search team reached the house of Gowhar Ahmed Bhat he intentionally misled them and denied providing shelter to any terrorist As Bhat was being questioned a terrorist opened fire on the search team from inside the house causing grievous injuries to two Army personnel In the ensuing encounter Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT terrorist Abdul Qayoom Dar a resident of Laroo Kakpora in Pulwama was neutralised and arms and ammunition including one AK rifle and a pistol were recovered The injured Army personnel died later The Army identified the deceased soldiers as Sepoys Santosh Yadav and Chavan Romit Tanaji of 1 Rashtriya Rifles A case has been registered and the house owner arrested under terror laws Kumar said in a statement LeT terrorist Dar was arrested and booked under the Public Safety Act after an encounter took place in his house in April 2020 He was released in August 2021 However he continued to work as a sleeper cell for the banned terrorist group and fled from his house recently After verifying his disappearance and joining with the banned terror outfit the Pulwama Senior Superintendent of Police SSP declared him as an active terrorist of the LeT outfit Kumar said PTI SSB SKL SMN SMN
Srinagar Feb 19 PTI Two Army soldiers and an LeT terrorist were killed in an encounter in south Kashmirs volatile Shopian district a senior police official said here on Saturday The encounter took place after a joint search operation was launched Friday night in Chermarg in Zainpora of Shopian based on a specific intelligence input of the police about the presence of a terrorist there Inspector General of Police Kashmir Range Vijay Kumar said The security personnel involved in the search operation following the standard operating procedure closed in on a cluster of houses and started moving out civilians When the search team reached the house of Gowhar Ahmed Bhat he intentionally misled them and denied providing shelter to any terrorist As Bhat was being questioned a terrorist opened fire on the search team from inside the house causing grievous injuries to two Army personnel In the ensuing encounter Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT terrorist Abdul Qayoom Dar a resident of Laroo Kakpora in Pulwama was neutralised and arms and ammunition including one AK rifle and a pistol were recovered The injured Army personnel died later The Army identified the deceased soldiers as Sepoys Santosh Yadav and Chavan Romit Tanaji of 1 Rashtriya Rifles A case has been registered and the house owner arrested under terror laws Kumar said in a statement LeT terrorist Dar was arrested and booked under the Public Safety Act after an encounter took place in his house in April 2020 He was released in August 2021 However he continued to work as a sleeper cell for the banned terrorist group and fled from his house recently After verifying his disappearance and joining with the banned terror outfit the Pulwama Senior Superintendent of Police SSP declared him as an active terrorist of the LeT outfit Kumar said PTI SSB SKL SMN SMN
