Two terrorists were killed and a policeman was injured during encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag and Bandipora districts on Monday, October 11, 2021, police said.
The slain terrorist has been identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar. IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar told ANI that Dar was involved in the killing of a civilian in Shahgund. He was linked to The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Earlier, the police had informed that an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Gund Jahangeer Hajin in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The encounter is still going on at Gundjahangir, in Hajin area of Bandipora, the police said.
On Friday, October 8 night a terrorist affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was neutralised and another had managed to escape after an encounter broke out between Jammu and Kashmir Police and terrorists in Natipura, a locality in Srinagar. According to the official information provided by the Kashmir Zone police, the terrorist was identified as Aqib Bashir Kumar of Trenz Shopian. Significantly, the Resistance Front (TRF) an offshoot of Pakistan-based LeT had taken responsibility for the previous day’s terrorist attack and targeted killings in Srinagar.
The valley has witnessed a series of civilian killings this month, due to which there is high security in the entire region. The security forces have detained at least 500 people as part of their investigation. Suspected members of banned terrorist groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami have been interrogated to trace their roles in the murders.
Seven people, including three from the minority communities, have been killed in the Union Territory since October 3. Among them are two teachers – Satinder Kour and Deepak Chand – who were shot dead on Thursday. Before them, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a 68-year-old chemist, street vendor Virender Paswan from Bihar’s Bhagalpur, and Mohammad Shafi Lone, president of a local taxi union, were shot dead in Srinagar and Bandipora districts on Tuesday.
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(With inputs from agencies)