3 LeT terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in JKs Baramulla
Srinagar Apr 22 PTI Three Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT members including a top commander of the proscribed outfit Yousuf Kantroo who was one of the longest-surviving terrorists in Kashmir were killed in an over-36-hour-long encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla district police said on FridayEarlier police had claimed that four terrorists were killed in an operation in Baramulla but later they said three bodies were retrieved from the encounter siteSecurity forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Malwah area of the north Kashmir district in the early hours of Thursday acting on specific inputs about the presence of terrorists thereTwo terrorists including Kantroo were killed on Thursday and another ultra was killed on FridayFour soldiers and a police personnel had sustained injuries during the initial exchange of fire on ThursdayOnly 03 dead bodies of terrorists recovered from the encounter site the Kashmir zone police said in a tweetPolice identified the slain ultras as Yusuf Dar alias Kantroo Hilal Sheikh alias Hanzalla and Faisal Dar — all affiliated with the LeTArms and ammunition were seized from the site of the encounter police said adding that the operation has been concludedSrinagar-based defence spokesperson Colonel Emron Musavi said the security forces made sincere efforts to make Faisal Dar surrender but the other terrorists did not allow him to do soThe security forces came to know that one of the terrorists was Dar who was newly recruited A sincere call for him to surrender was made His parents were also brought to the encounter site and even they appealed to him to lay down arms The terrorists who were with him did not allow him to surrender and forced him to retaliate Colonel Musavi saidPolice said Kantroo was involved in the killings of several security personnel as well as civilians and was among the top 10 most-wanted terrorists in the Kashmir valleyKantroo started out as an overground worker OGW of the Hizbul Mujahideen HM terror outfit and was arrested in 2005 He was released in 2008 He again joined the terror ranks in 2017 and started killing innocent civilians police personnel and political workers Subsequently he joined the LeT police saidKantroo was involved in dozens of cases of civilian atrocities and killings of security personnel they said adding that he was involved in the killings of Special Police Officer Mohammad Ishfaq Dar and his brother Umer Ahmad Dar in March BDC Chairman Sardar Bhupinder Singh at Khag in September 2020 and CRPF personnel Riyaz Ahmad Rather a resident of Nawgam Anantnag at Kanihama in December 2017He was also involved in the killings of several political workers grenade-throwing incidents and abductions and killings of police and Army personnelInspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar congratulated the forces for conducting a successful anti-terrorist operation and eliminating one of the most-wanted terrorists in the valleyHe described Kantroos killing as a major success PTI SSB MIJ RC
Srinagar Apr 22 PTI Three Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT members including a top commander of the proscribed outfit Yousuf Kantroo who was one of the longest-surviving terrorists in Kashmir were killed in an over-36-hour-long encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla district police said on FridayEarlier police had claimed that four terrorists were killed in an operation in Baramulla but later they said three bodies were retrieved from the encounter siteSecurity forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Malwah area of the north Kashmir district in the early hours of Thursday acting on specific inputs about the presence of terrorists thereTwo terrorists including Kantroo were killed on Thursday and another ultra was killed on FridayFour soldiers and a police personnel had sustained injuries during the initial exchange of fire on ThursdayOnly 03 dead bodies of terrorists recovered from the encounter site the Kashmir zone police said in a tweetPolice identified the slain ultras as Yusuf Dar alias Kantroo Hilal Sheikh alias Hanzalla and Faisal Dar — all affiliated with the LeTArms and ammunition were seized from the site of the encounter police said adding that the operation has been concludedSrinagar-based defence spokesperson Colonel Emron Musavi said the security forces made sincere efforts to make Faisal Dar surrender but the other terrorists did not allow him to do soThe security forces came to know that one of the terrorists was Dar who was newly recruited A sincere call for him to surrender was made His parents were also brought to the encounter site and even they appealed to him to lay down arms The terrorists who were with him did not allow him to surrender and forced him to retaliate Colonel Musavi saidPolice said Kantroo was involved in the killings of several security personnel as well as civilians and was among the top 10 most-wanted terrorists in the Kashmir valleyKantroo started out as an overground worker OGW of the Hizbul Mujahideen HM terror outfit and was arrested in 2005 He was released in 2008 He again joined the terror ranks in 2017 and started killing innocent civilians police personnel and political workers Subsequently he joined the LeT police saidKantroo was involved in dozens of cases of civilian atrocities and killings of security personnel they said adding that he was involved in the killings of Special Police Officer Mohammad Ishfaq Dar and his brother Umer Ahmad Dar in March BDC Chairman Sardar Bhupinder Singh at Khag in September 2020 and CRPF personnel Riyaz Ahmad Rather a resident of Nawgam Anantnag at Kanihama in December 2017He was also involved in the killings of several political workers grenade-throwing incidents and abductions and killings of police and Army personnelInspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar congratulated the forces for conducting a successful anti-terrorist operation and eliminating one of the most-wanted terrorists in the valleyHe described Kantroos killing as a major success PTI SSB MIJ RC
