Srinagar: Arms and ammunition, including two M-4 Carbines and one AK rifle, were recovered from three JeM terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces at Chandgam area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday.
The police said that acting on specific inputs regarding the presence of terrorists in Chandgam village, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, army, and CRPF.
During the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively, leading to an encounter.
In the ensuing encounter, three terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of gunfight.
“Among the killed terrorists, two have been identified as Mir Owais from Ashmander Pulwama and a Pakistani national, Talha Yasir, linked to the proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Regarding the third slain terrorist, although the recoveries made from the site of encounter indicate him to be a foreigner, his identification is yet to be ascertained,” the police said.
“As per police records, all the killed terrorists were part of a group involved in several terror crime cases, including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities. Several cases were registered against both the killed terrorists who have been identified. Owais was involved in the killing of a civilian in Kangan Pulwama. The slain Pakistani terrorist was the mastermind in preparing vehicle-borne IEDs, besides being involved in attack on a civilian at Wanpora area of Pulwama,” they added.
Meanwhile, IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, has congratulated the security forces for conducting the successful operation without suffering any collateral damage.
(IANS)
