Two terrorists of Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba were reportedly killed during a late night encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. Police said the Lashkar-e-Taiba had allegedly intended to target the Amarnath Yatra, which is slated to begin on June 30. The encounter took place in Bemina area of Srinagar and comes after several attacks on civilians.
Also, a constable suffered minor injuries during the security operation. attack was planned against Pilgrimage to Amarnaath And it involved three terrorists – two from Pakistan and a local terrorist, who had been in the country since 2018, officials said.
Kashmir The zone police said in a tweet, “Pakistan based masters sent two Pakistani terrorists of Lashkar terror outfit along with a local terrorist Adil Hussain Mir from Pahalgam Anantnag, which is in Pakistan since 2018 (all 3 killed now), in this With intent to attack visit: IGP Kashmir. (sic).” The local had migrated to Pakistan from Wagah in 2018.
A police officer said, “Srinagar police killed two terrorists of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba in an encounter in Bemina area of Srinagar city. One policeman sustained minor injuries in the operation.”
The ‘mauka encounter’ took place late on Monday night. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said that according to documents and other incriminating material recovered from the encounter site, one of the slain terrorists has been identified as Abdullah Ghauri, a resident of Faisalabad, Pakistan.
“It was the same group of terrorists who had escaped from the Sopore encounter. We are monitoring their movements,” the IGP said. The other terrorist killed has been identified as Adil Hussain Mir alias Sufiyan, a resident of Anantnag district, he said. “As per police records, he had gone to Pakistan on a visit visa from Wagah in 2018,” Kumar said.
Gauri was a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan while Adil Hussain Mir was a resident of Anantnag district. According to police records, he had gone to Pakistan on a visa visit from Wagah in 2018.