STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: A Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was among two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district on Sunday, police said.
The gunfight in the Cheyan Devsar area of the south Kashmir district broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation there following inputs about the presence of terrorists, a police official said.
In the ensuing exchange of fire, two terrorists were killed, he said.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said one of the slain ultras was a Pakistani named Haider.
As per police records Haider had been a categorized terrorist, who was active for more than two years in North Kashmir and had recently shifted his base to South Kashmir. The killed terrorist was part of groups involved in several terror crimes, civilian atrocities and various killings including martyrdom of police personnel SgCT Mohammad Sultan and Ct Fayaz Ahmad on November 10, 2021 at Gulshan Chowk Bandipora. Besides, he was also involved in an attack on Naka party near Nishat Park Bandipora on February 11, 2022 in which SPO Zubair Ahmad attained martyrdom while as four other security personnel got injured.
The other killed ultra Shahbaz Shah was a hybrid terrorist, involved in the killing of a civilian Satish Kumar Singh on April 13, 2022 at Kakran area of Kulgam. After this attack said terrorist was categorised.
The IGP termed this operation as a big success and congratulated the joint team for conducting successful operation and eliminating the top wanted Pakistani terrorist Haider.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including 01 Ak-56 with 4 Magazines, 01 Pistol with a Magazine, 01 UBGL, 01 Pouch and ID Cards of LeT 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.