Soldier martyred, 3 terrorists killed in encounter in J-K’s Pulwama; arms, ammunition recovered
The encounter took place just a day after four terrorists were gunned down in South Kashmir's Shopian district while a fifth militant surrendered.
The encounter took place just a day after four terrorists were gunned down in South Kashmir's Shopian district while a fifth militant surrendered.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident today, a major tragedy was averted when the security forces recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The remarks by GoC 19 Infantry Division Kashmir Major General Virendra Vats came after two terrorists were killed after a major infiltration bid was foiled by the Army in North Kashmir's Naugam sector today morning.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (L-e-T) carried out the attack in Sopore on Wednesday, according to Vijay Kumar, the Kashmir Inspector General of Police.
This is the second attack on the CRPF in Sopore in the last three months. On April 18, terrorists fired at a CRPF party, killing three CRPF personnel.
Post the revocation of Article 370, militants have been resorting to civilian killings and threats to instil fear among the people so that the return of normalcy is prevented in the valley.
A truck driver from Rajasthan was killed by terrorists in Shopian on October 14.
On specific inputs provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, an operation was launched which led to an encounter in Pazalpora area of Anantnag.
This comes days after Army Chief Bipin Rawat said that the JeM camp in Balakot, that was bombed by the IAF in February, has been reactivated and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to infiltrate into India.
NSA Ajit Doval, in his address, said that the impact that NIA has been able to make against terrorism in Kashmir is more than any other agency.
