This operation is part of a nationwide crackdown targeting terrorist networks and radicalisation efforts, with simultaneous raids conducted across five states—Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat.
Two killed terrorists were identified as Hanan Bin Yaqoob and Jamshed, who, according to the police were involved in the recent killing of special police officer Javed Dar in Pulwama.
Efforts are on to make common people alert as well. We are fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, says Delhi Police PRO, DCP Suman Nalwa.
Police said JeM terrorists and their associates have been arrested by Jammu Police in a drive to root out the presence of terrorists in Jammu.
The encounter between militants and security forces was a joint operation launched by the army, the police and the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) in a village in Pulwama.
China had, for the fourth time blocked a bid in the United Nations (UN) Security Council to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist” by putting a technical hold on the proposal.
The Financial Action Task Force had last month decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘grey list’ and asked the country to take steps to curb terror financing and money laundering
"As evidence, we have received the bodies of our jawans after Pulwama attack, but there is no such evidence of the airstrikes in Pakistan," she said.
Regarding the UNSC designation process of Azhar, sources pointed out that 13 March would be critical since it was the deadline for any country to raise objection against the proposal to list the JeM chief.
China has, in the past, blocked Azhar’s listing as a global terrorist at least on three occasions to save its all-weather friend Pakistan from global embarrassment.
