Cop, civilian injured in firing by ultras in Srinagar
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Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist hailing from Pakistan was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district on Tuesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Chandaji area of Bandipora in north Kashmir following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the forces, who retaliated.
In the exchange of firing, one terrorist was killed, the official said.
He identified the slain terrorist as Babar Ali who had managed to escape from the Shokbaba encounter site on July 24.
Police releases list of 10 terrorist targets
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has released a list of top 10 terrorists that it aims to target. The list, which was posted on Twitter by the Kashmir Zone Police late on Monday night, includes seven terrorists who have been active for some time and three relatively new recruits.
“Top 10 #targets: #Old #terrorists- Salim Parray, Yousuf Kantroo, Abbas Sheikh, Reyaz Shetergund, Farooq Nali, Zubair Wani & Ashraf Molvi. #New #terrorists- Saqib Manzoor, Umer Mustaq Khandey & Wakeel Shah,” the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, attributing it to IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar. After the eruption of militancy in Kashmir, security forces used to dismiss terrorists as a policy to not bring them into the limelight while they were still at large.
However, over the past couple of years, the strategy seems to have changed with the police releasing lists of wanted terrorists from time to time.
Ali was a resident of Ugada district of Punjab in Pakistan and his body was retrieved from the site of the encounter.
Three terrorists of the LeT, including Sharik Altaf, were killed in the Shokbaba encounter.
However, the official said, Ali had managed to escape from the site and was being continuously tracked thereafter.
After pinpointing his presence in the Chandaji forest area on Tuesday, an operation was launched by the security forces, the official said.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition, including an AK-rifle, two AK-Magazines, 40 AK-rounds, a pouch, a wireless set and a medicine bag were recovered from the site of the encounter, the official said.
He said Inspector General of Police of Kashmir Vijay Kumar has congratulated the joint team of police and security forces for successfully tracking down the terrorist and conducting operation in a professional manner without any collateral damage . Meanwhile, a police constable and a civilian were injured as terrorists opened fire at security forces in Khanyar area of the city, an official said.
The ultras attacked a security forces’ party in Khanyar in the old city area of the valley, the police official said. Further details are awaited.