A total of 172 terrorists including 42 foreign terrorists were killed in encounters with security personnel in Kashmir in the year 2022, said the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Vijay Kumar on Friday.
A joint team of DRG ( District Reserve Guard) and STP (Special Task Force) led the operation and they also recovered a weapon, explosives, medicines and other Maoist material recovered from the spot
The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Hawk Force also recovered AK 47, 315-rifle, various diaries and Naxalites literature from the spot. The two Naxals killed in the encounter were identified as Ganesh Mandavi (around 35 years), a resident of Gadhchirauli, Maharashtra and Rajesh (around 30 y
Security forces were carrying out an anti-Naxal operation, and the encounter took place in a forest area under Mirtur Police Station limits in Bijapur district at around 07.30 am.
An exchange of fire occurred between the security forces and naxals between 7:30 am to 7:45 am today. The security forces also recovered weapons which include 303-rifle, 315-rifle and musket from the spot.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, was killed during an encounter between security forces and ultras in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.
"When the search party reached towards suspected hideout, terrorists opened fire which hit hybrid terrorist of LeT Sajjad Tantray of Kulgam, who was with the search party to identify the hideout. He was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead," said the Jammu and Kashmi
The police safely rescued a minor boy and a taxi driver Bikas Chetia who had been kidnapped from Assam's Goalpara and Meghalaya's Tikrikilla on November 9 and 4 respectively, West Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police Vivekanand Singh Rathore said.
Nadia (West Bengal) [India], October 9 (ANI): A cattle smuggler was killed in an encounter with Border Security Force (BSF) near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Nadia on Saturday night.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 5 (ANI): Security forces neutralised three local terrorists linked with the proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in an encounter in the Drach area of Shopian, said the police on Wednesday morning.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 2 (ANI): One terrorist linked to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter on Sunday that started at the Baskuchan area of Shopian.
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 1 (ANI): Two local terrorists linked with the proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed after an encounter in Baramulla on Friday.