Kashmir Zone Police informed on Saturday evening that an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Naira area of Pulwama. (Representative image/Reuters)
Kashmir’s inspector general of police Vijay Kumar said that the terrorists neutralised in the encounters were affiliated to Pakistan-based terror outfits JeM and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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Five terrorists, including Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Zahid Wani and a Pakistani terrorist, were killed overnight in two separate operations by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The gunfights, which broke out on Saturday night, took place in Pulwama and Budgam districts of the Kashmir valley.Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said that the terrorists neutralised in the encounters were affiliated to Pakistan-based terror outfits JeM and Lashkar-e-Taiba.While four terrorists were killed in the encounter in Naira area of Pulwama, in south Kashmir, one ultra was killed in Chrar-i-Sharief area of the central Kashmir’s Budgam district, a police official said. He said the four terrorists killed in Pulwama gunfight belonged to JeM.Arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter, the official said. In the encounter at Chrar-i-Sharief, one terrorists affiliated with LeT outfit was killed, he said. Incriminating material, including an AK 56 rifle, was recovered from the encounter site, he added. Kumar called the encounters a big success for the security forces. “05 #terrorists of #Pakistan sponsored proscribed #terror outfits LeT & JeM killed in dual #encounters in last 12 hours. JeM commander terrorist Zahid Wani & a Pakistani terrorist among the killed.Big #success for us,” the IGP Kashmir said in a tweet.Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here.