J&K Police identify terrorist killed in Budgam encounter as Pakistan resident, LeT member

The police said the terrorist named Yasir was killed in Operation Ashdar in J&K's Budgam on Friday.

Updated on: Sep 5, 2026, 14:48:11 IST

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified the terrorist who was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Budgam district on Friday. The police said the slain terrorist, named Yasir, belonged to the LeT terror outfit and was a Pakistani resident.

Yasir (in picture) was killed in an encounter with the security forces on Friday (@JmuKmrPolice)

“You Can Run But You Can't Hide ! The terrorist neutralised, during Op Ashdar, has been identified as Yasir, a Pakistani national of Lashkar e Taiba,” the police said in a post on X.

On Friday, the army, along with the police and the CRPF, launched a joint operation in Ashdar based on information about the movement of terrorists in the forest of Budgam. During the search and cordon operation, contact was established with the terrorists, during which one terrorist was killed.

Srinagar-based 15 Corps named the operation as Operation Ashdar. The encounter took place after a lull of several months in the Valley. On July 8 this year, security forces had killed a terrorist in a joint operation launched by the 55 Rashtriya Rifles, police and the CRPF in Chanapora, Shopian.

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