A international Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist on Friday was killed in an encounter with safety forces and a doable “fidayeen” assault by him was thwarted in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police mentioned.
The terrorist was recognized as Kamran Bhai alias Hanees, who was linked to Pakistan-based JeM.
Kashmir further director basic of police (ADGP) Vijay Kumar mentioned Hanees was energetic in south Kashmir for the previous eight months.
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A police spokesperson mentioned the terrorist was killed after a joint cordon and search operation was launched by police and military’s Rashtriya rifles following inputs concerning the doable presence of terrorists in Kapren space of Shopian.
To keep away from any civilian casualty or harm, the joint crew of forces evacuated academics and college students from a close-by spiritual faculty to safer locations, the spokesperson mentioned.
“Throughout the search operation, because the joint search celebration approached in direction of the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately on the joint search celebration which retaliated, resulting in an encounter,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The Central Reserve Police Power’s 178 battalion joined the operation later.
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“Within the ensuing encounter, Hanees, linked with proscribed terror outfit JeM, was killed and his physique was retrieved from the location of encounter,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Kumar mentioned the operation was an enormous success. “A doable menace of fidayeen and different terrorist assaults have been thwarted by his elimination,” he mentioned.
Police mentioned Hanees was a “categorized terrorist and was concerned in a number of terror crime circumstances, together with assaults on police, safety forces and civilians”.
“The terrorist was energetic in Kulgam-Shopian space and was making an attempt to revive the fear folds of JeM terror outfit by recruiting and motivating the gullible youth to affix terror folds moreover, planning to execute terror assaults,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Incriminating supplies, arms and ammunition, together with an AK-74 and 4 magazines, have been recovered from the location of the encounter, police mentioned.
In the meantime, 4 associates of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba have been arrested by safety forces in Pulwama on Friday.
A number of explosives and incriminating supplies have been discovered from their possession, the spokesperson mentioned.
The 4 have been recognized as Karamat-ul-lah Reshi and Suhail Bashir Ganai, each residents of Chewa Uller Tral, Adil Ghani Lone, a resident of Baramulla Tral and Irshad Ahmed Kumar, a resident of Tral-e-Payeen.
“Preliminary probe revealed the arrested terrorist associates have been in contact with a LeT terrorist commander, who goes by the aliases Babar and Samama and is a resident of PoK,” the spokesperon mentioned.
The terrorists have been reportedly planning to hatch a conspiracy to plant improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs) in Tral space to assault safety forces.
“Moreover, the arrested terrorist associates have been additionally concerned in transportation of arms and ammunition and different logistic help to the energetic terrorists of LeT,” the spokeperson mentioned.
An FIR underneath related sections of legislation has been registered at Tral police station and a probe is underway, the spokesperson mentioned.