116 terrorists killed in hinterland of the Kashmir Valley in 6 months: J&K Police

116 terrorists have been killed in hinterland of Kashmir Valley in 6 months of current year, which has led to a remarkable change in situation, Jammu Kashmir Police said. Special Operation Groups of JKP today carried out an operation to eliminate 3 terrorists affiliated to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahedeen.

encounter erupted after JK Police along with Army’s 19 RR launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Khul Chohar vill in Anantnag, 55 kms from here, following ‘specific inputs’ about presence of terrorists in area.

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search party moved towards suspected spot, hiding terrorists fired which was retaliated by security forces, triggering an encounter in which three terrorists were killed.

Inspector General Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said that police along with army h launched several operations in entire valley from beginning of current year and were practically launching search ops on a daily basis and h inducted special forces into area.

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"What we find from Jan 2020-till date is that we have killed 116 terrorists in hinterland of Kashmir Valley. This has resulted in a remarkable change in situation" IGP Kumar said while ding “in alone this month, so far, we have killed 46 terrorist which is one of highest figures.

He maintained that 100-200 terrorists were still active in Kashmir among m some 29 foreign terrorists are active in south Kashmir woods. IGP Kumar was quick to d that security forces will neutralize m soon.

IGP Kumar claimed that terrorists have short of arms and ammunition. "From encounter site, JKP has recovered around 25 AK rifles and a huge quantity of ammunition in recent past,” said IGP, however, was quick to d that “in few encounters, terrorists have been killed with a pistol only.

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