In a clash in Shopian, four militants were killed.

  • April 15, 2022, 10:57 a.m.

Srinagar, April 14: Four local militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in an encounter in the Shopian district of south Kashmir on Thursday, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said. He said that all the four killed militants were active in the Shopian and Pulwama districts of south Kashmir and a hunt to track down their accomplices is underway. The encounter took place in the Badigam Zainapora area of Shopian after police and 44 Rashtriya Rifles cordoned off the area to track the militants. During the search operation, hiding militants opened fire on the joint party and, in retaliatory action, four militants of LeT were killed.

They have been identified as Aaqib Farooq Thoker, son of Farooq Ahmed Thoker, Waseem Ahmed Thoker, son of Abdul Ghani Thoker, all residents of Heffkhuri, Zainapora, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, son of Abdul Salam Bhat, and Shoqeen Ahmad Mir, son of Muhammad Abdulla Mir, both residents of Sugan. "Encounter

has started at Badigam, in the Zainapora area of Shopian. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details will follow. Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet soon after the encounter broke out.

Later, police said four militants were killed. "ShopianEncounterUpdate: 2 more terrorists killed (total 4). The search is going on. Further details will follow. "Police said in another Tweet. Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, said that militants were active in Shopian and Pulwama. He said that the killed militants were involved in six terror crimes, including attacks on non-local labourers.

"LeT terrorists neutralised in today's encounter were active in Shopian and adjacent areas of Pulwama. They were involved in six terror crimes, including attacks on outside labourers. The hunt for their associates like Aijaz of Pulwama is on and they will be neutralised soon: IGP Kashmir, "a tweet by police quoting the IGP as saying." "Based on specific input generated by police regarding the presence of terrorists in the Badigam area of Zainapora Shopian, a joint

cordon and search operation was launched by the police and army (44RR) in the said area," police said.

During the search operation, as the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon the search party, which was retaliated against effectively, leading to an encounter. Later on, the CRPF also joined. " "In the ensuing encounter, four local terrorists linked with the proscribed terror outfit LeT were killed." As per records, police said, "All the killed terrorists were classified as terrorists and were part of groups involved in several terror crime cases, including attacks on police and SFs and civilian atrocities," police said.

IGP Kashmir said: "Killed terrorists were active in Shopian and adjacent areas of Pulwama. They were involved in six terror crimes, including attacks on outside labourers. Killed terrorist Aaqib Farooq Thoker was involved in the snatching of a 12 bore rifle from JK Guard Murran TP branch in which the bank guard, Abdul Hamid Wani of Tahab, got injured. He was also involved in Case FIRs 25/2022 & 26/2022 of PS Litter pertaining to the attack on a driver, namely Dheeraj Dutt, resident of Pathankot, and cleaners, namely Surinder Singh and Sonu Sharma, residents of Pathankot, at Nowpora and Yadar, in which they got injured."

"IGP Kashmir congratulated the joint forces for conducting a successful anti-terrorist operation without any collateral damage," police said. "IGP said that the hunt for their associates like Aijaz of Pulwama is on and they will be neutralised soon." Incriminating materials, arms, and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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