Security forces have achieved a major success in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was killed in a joint operation by security forces. The encounter took place in Chanpora area of Shopian on Wednesday. It is being told that the security forces had launched a campaign for five days to catch this terrorist, after which they have now got success. At present, the police has not made public the official identity of the killed terrorist.
Security forces officials said that arms and ammunition were also recovered from the incident site. According to the information, sounds of firing were heard from the operation site, to which the security forces gave a befitting reply. Officials said that after the firing, the body of a terrorist was seen at the spot and was recovered. Arms and ammunition were also seen at some distance near the place where the incident took place.
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Who was the killed terrorist?
In the initial information released by the security forces, information about the terrorist was not given, but now Jammu and Kashmir Police has made it clear that the killed terrorist was a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba. According to reports, the name of the terrorist was Zakir Ganai. Jammu and Kashmir Police said that this joint operation was jointly conducted by the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Shopian Police, Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of the Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Jammu and Kashmir Police gave information
Jammu and Kashmir Police has made a post on social media giving information about the success of this operation. It was written in this post, ‘SOG Shopian has killed a terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba in a joint operation with RR and CRPF.’ Along with this, the police has also given a warning to the terrorists in this post. The police wrote, ‘You can run, but you cannot hide.’ This is being seen as a strong warning to the terrorists.
Search operation lasted for 5 days
On July 3, security forces had launched a search operation in the dense forests of Mimandar area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. This action was taken after receiving intelligence information about the presence of terrorists. According to the information, security forces had received information that two terrorists named Latif and Zakir were hiding in the area. When the security forces arrived in search of them, both the terrorists started firing on the army, after which an encounter started.
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Information was received about two terrorists
According to records of security agencies, both Latif and Zakir were residents of Kulgam district of South Kashmir. It is said that Zakir had joined Lashkar-e-Taiba in the year 2024, while Latif had joined this terrorist organization last year. After this information, the police surrounded these terrorists so that they could not escape. To prevent the terrorists from escaping, the army’s special anti-terrorism unit Victor Force deployed extra soldiers and sealed all possible routes around the dense gardens.
Officials said that during the summer season, terrorists get a natural place to hide due to dense leaves on the trees. This makes monitoring difficult and creates blind spots in the security cordon, taking advantage of which terrorists can try to escape.
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