Three terrorists, including one involved in the killing of BSF jawans in Poonch area las, were gunned down by security forces in Zadibal area of Srinagar. Security forces made several attempts to make them surrender but they refused.
During the press briefing by the security forces in Srinagar today, Vijay Kumar, Kashmir IG of Police congratulated the security forces, as for the first time in the history four chief of main terrorist outfits got eliminated in a span of four months.
“I congratulate the security forces, as it is for the 1st first time in history that 4 chiefs of main terrorist outfits-Lashkar-e-Taiba,Jaish-e-Mohammed,Hizbul Mujahideen&Ansar Ghazwat-ul Hind killed in 4 months.Elimination of leadership causes damage to outfit,” he said.
He said that weapons recovered from a Pakistani spy drone, which was shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday morning in Kathua, might have been brought for a terrorist who is active in Pulwama.
“An AK-47, an M4 carbine and a pistol were recovered from Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist’s possession in Kulgam. It has been seen that Jaish terrorists carry M4 rifles. An M4 rifle was recovered in yesterday’s shooting of Pakistani drone,” Kumar said.
“‘Ali bhai’ was mentioned in the intercepts of Kathua incident. When we checked records, we found that a Pakistani terrorist, Furkan, is active in Pulwama. The M4 rifle might have been brought for Furkan by the Pakistani drone,” he said.
Speaking on the encounter in Srinagar’s Zabidal where three terrorists were eliminated, IG Kumar said: “Since they were local terrorists, we asked some prominent people to appeal to the three terrorists to surrender but they didn’t budge and threw a hand grenade instead and were killed in the ensuing gun battle. Two of them have been identified.”