The deceased VDG members have been identified as Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar. Reports indicate that the terrorists tortured the two VDG members, gouged out their eyes, and then shot them dead.
A top wanted Pakistani commander, Usman, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was among three terrorists killed in two separate fierce encounters with security forces in the Kashmir valley on Saturday.
A Pakistani terrorist was killed on Monday morning when the Indian Army troops foiled an attempt of heavily armed terrorists to ambush a convoy in the border area near Akhnoor in Jammu district.
This was followed by an encounter between the security forces and terrorists. Three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the cordon of security forces.
Guler made the remarks in a commemoration ceremony in Istanbul honouring those who lost their lives in the attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAS), which resulted in five deaths and 22 injuries.
Security forces are said to have established contact with the hiding terrorists in the upper reaches and trapped them in the forested area.
While the BJP celebrates five years of the abrogation of Article 370, sudden revival of Pakistan sponsored terror strikes in the hitherto peaceful Jammu has become a matter of concern for the people of the region.
Over the last two months, South Kashmir has been hit by militancy; our frontline warriors from the army are engaged in fighting insurgents. Young officers and jawans have laid down their lives.
A terrorist associate was apprehended in a joint operation by the army and police in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Tuesday, police said.
The issue was taken up by the Minister with the Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi after which it was decided to retain the Army camp at Goha in view of the current operational dynamics.
