The J&K Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of Pakistani nationals and local Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.
Security forces on Wednesday released a photograph and sketches of terrorists suspected to be responsible for the Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed and several others were injured
Alert troops of the Indian Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Uri sector.
Tahawwur Rana had aspired for Pakistan's highest award for gallantry in battle 'Nishan-e-Haider' for the nine Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who carried out the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008 and were gunned down by Indian security forces.
The armed suspects escaped towards the nearby jungle after consuming the food. However, they forcibly took with them a 13-year-old child who somehow managed to escape from their clutches.
The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
The terrorists were planning to carry out terror activities in the province, said police, adding that the timely action by police force saved the province.
The authorities sounded alert after a blast occurred outside the Triveni gate of the cantonment in strategically important Pathankot where armed forces have considerable presence.
The two sides stressed the need for all countries to ensure that territories that are under their control cannot be used to plan, launch terrorist attacks against any other country, shelter or train terrorist fighters.
A CRPF officer said that terrorists hurled a grenade at a CRPF party that was on routine security deployment.
