In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, five terrorists have been neutralised and two multi-storey houses were damaged in multiple anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Tuesday, taking the death toll in militancy-related incidents to 12, including five soldiers, in the past 24 hours.The encounter took place after the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tulran, Imamsahab area of Shopian,
Giving details, police said that three terrorists of The Resistance Front (TRF) were killed by security forces on Tuesday early morning in an encounter that had broken-out last evening at village Tulran in Imaam Sahab area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that one slain terrorist identified as Mukhtar Shah of Ganderbal had shifted to Shopian after killing one street hawker Virendra Paswan of Bihar in the outskirts of Srinagar city, few days back. Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists.
In another encounter in Feeripora area of Shopian district on Tuesday, two terrorists have been killed by security forces. The operation in the area was still underway when the last reports came in. Further details are awaited.
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