Srinagar: Two terrorists have been killed in a brief encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, around 57 km from Srinagar, on Saturday.
According to official sources, the terrorists were foreigners. They said an encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the Halkan Gali area of Kachwan, Anantnag.
Reportedly, the security personnel were tracking the movement of foreign terrorists in the area when an encounter broke out and two foreign terrorists were killed. They said more terrorists could be present in the area.
Big Anti-Terror Op In Jammu
On Saturday morning, the security forces launched anti-terror operations in over 30 locations across the Jammu region.
The search operations are underway in the Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, and Rajouri areas. It is one of the biggest anti-terrorist operations launched by the security forces in the Jammu region.
Fresh Firing In Srinagar
Meanwhile, an encounter between security forces and terrorists was underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Saturday. The gunfight broke out in the Khanyar area of the summer capital.
A cordon and search operation was launched after security forces in the area received information about the presence of terrorists in the vicinity.
The search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated, news agency PTI reported.
“Police and security forces are on the job,” the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.
An exchange of fire was underway.
‘Terror Activities Will Be Wiped Out’: Rajnath Singh
On the recent terror attacks and subsequent encounters, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, “This is not an issue of security lapses. Compared to earlier times, attacks have been reduced.”
He said. “Our security forces are on alert, such a situation will come that from there (J&K) terror activities will be fully wiped out and J&K will develop fast. The attacks that happened were unfortunate, our security forces are giving befitting reply also, so many terrorists have been killed.”
This comes a day after two labourers from Uttar Pradesh were shot at by terrorists in Budgam district on the evening of November 1.
On October 29, security forces gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
Terming the operation “successful”, General Officer Commanding of the 10 Infantry Division Maj Gen Sameer Srivastava said the terrorists had come for a “major strike”. “We were ready as we were getting information continuously. They were encircled in an area and we used technology for surveillance, including unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence,” he added.
Maj Gen Srivastava said the terrorists had moved into the area from the hinterland intending to target a security convoy but swift action thwarted their conspiracy.
