STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district on Tuesday, police said.
The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Shopian’s Nagbal following information about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter, in which the three ultras were gunned down.
The slain terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT, a police spokesperson said, adding that the search operation was in progress. The slain terrorists were identified as Danish Khursheed Bhat son of Khursheed Ahmad Bhat resident of Ladi Imamsahib, Tanveer Ahmad Wani son of Bashir Ahmad Wani resident of Amarbugh Imamsahib and Towseef Ahmad Bhat son of GH Nabi Bhat resident of Chermarag.
“The 3 killed #terrorists have been identified as local terrorists of LeT namely Danish Khursheed Bhat, Tanveer Wani and Towseef Bhat. They were involved in several #terror crime cases. Terrorist Danish was involved in #recruitment of youth into terror ranks in Shopian,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Vijay Kumar said in a tweet.
As per police records, according to the spokesperson, all the killed terrorists were categorized terrorists and involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on Police, security forces and civilian atrocities. The killed terrorist Danish Khursheed Bhat and Tanveer Ahmad Wani who were active since Aug-2021, were trying to revive the terror folds by recruiting and motivating the gullible youth to join terror folds. Moreover, the killed terrorist Danish Khursheed had earlier escaped from several encounters.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.
In this regard, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigation has been initiated. People were requested to cooperate with Police till the area at encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any.
