Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in the Drangbal area of ​​Pampore in Kashmir. Arms and ammunition have been recovered from the slain terrorists. A joint team of Police, the Army’s 50-RR (Rashtriya Rifles), and CRPF carried out this operation.

Kashmir Zone Police said that the top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Umar Mushtaq Khande has been killed in the encounter. Umar Mushtaq had killed two policemen, Mohammad Yusuf and Suhail Ahmed, in Srinagar. Police said that we are committed to the elimination of terrorists.

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists Umar Mushtaq Khande and Shahid Baseer have been killed. Both the terrorists were involved in several civilian killings. After the attacks on civilians, we started aggressive operations, there were nine encounters in which 13 terrorists have been killed. Our campaign will continue.

Terrorists from across the border doing deadly attacks in a new way
It is getting information that terrorists hiding in the forest on the border of Rajouri and Poonch districts adjoining LoC are attacking by adopting new methods. In four days, terrorists have killed eight soldiers, including two JCOs, in ambushes at two different places. According to intelligence sources, the operation is going on for five days. The terrorists carried out two attacks and both times the army suffered damage. This shows that the terrorists have taken special training for such attacks. Five jawans, including the JCO, were martyred in the first attack on Monday. From the place of the first attack, the place of the second attack falls towards the LoC. That is, the attacking terrorists have hidden not in the direction of Kashmir, but in the direction of the LoC. In such a situation, there is a possibility of terrorists hiding in the forests of Mendhar.

Evidence found of being the same group, sharpshooters are also terrorists
After attacking in the jungle area of ​​Pangei and Chamred, the terrorists took some belongings of the army personnel with them. The blankets that the soldiers had taken in the rain and cold have now been recovered from the Naad Khas forest in Mendhar. It is clear from this that the same terrorists have come back to Mendhar and hid and have again ambushed here and hidden in the forest.

According to the information coming out so far, these terrorists are suspected to be sharpshooters. Firing has been done targeting the upper part of the body (head, neck) of the martyred soldiers. There is information that these terrorists are Pakistanis, who have been trained apart from the normal modus operandi.