3 terrorists gunned down in encounter in J-K’s Srinagar
Vijay Kumar, inspector general of police in Kashmir, said they were involved in the killing of two personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) near Pandach Chowk on May 20 during Ramzan.
Three local terrorists were killed by security forces in Zadibal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar in a gun battle, the second in the just over a month in the city, officials said on Sunday.
Police said parents of the trapped terrorists were brought to the encounter site and asked to surrender but they refused to do so. (AP Photo. Representative image)
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Vijay Kumar, inspector general of police in Kashmir, said they were involved in the killing of two personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) near Pandach Chowk on May 20 during Ramzan.
The encounter between terrorists and security forces had erupted after a cordon and search operation was launched in the morning in Zadibal and Zoonimar Pozwalpora localities following inputs about their presence in the areas.
Police said parents of the trapped terrorists were brought to the encounter site and asked to surrender but they refused to do so.
“Through our sources, we go to know of their identity and called their parents who appealed to them to surrender. But they didn’t relent,” Vijay Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI earlier in the day.
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“Two of them are active since 2019. One was involved in attack on two BSF (Border Security Force) jawans last month,” Kumar added.
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“Two of them are active since 2019. One was involved in attack on two BSF (Border Security Force) jawans last month,” Kumar added.
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In May, security forces had gunned two terrorists of the Hizbul Mujahideen, including the son of a Kashmiri separatist leader, after an hours-long gunbattle on in Nawa Kadal locality of Srinagar.
More than a dozen houses were also damaged in the blaze that erupted after several blasts and exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces during a 12-hour encounter in Nawa Kadal area on May 19.
The gunbattle had started the previous day.
Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a policeman were also injured during the encounter.
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