According to the army sources, the operation has averted a major incident which could have been initiated by perpetrators using the weapons and the IED, funded by the narco terrorists.
Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday held joint security meetings in a wake of Holi festival celebrations to curb any terrorist-related incident in Uri and Rampur sectors.
The four wanted commanders were Syed Noor Shalobar, Syed Khalid Raza, Ejaz Ahmed Ahangar alias Abu Usman al-Kashmiri and Bashir Ahmed Peer alias Imtiaz Alam.
For decades, Pakistan has allowed some terrorist groups to operate freely while cracking down on others. Terrorism and foreign sanctions resulting from terrorist financing have made it difficult for Pakistan to attract investment.
TTP terrorists stormed the Karachi Police Chief's office on February 17, resulting in a hours-long combat between terrorists and various law enforcement agencies which claimed lives of four people.
As per the ISPR press release, "During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists. Resultantly, one terrorist was killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorist."
"The protestors numbering upto hundreds condemned the use of Mosque by terrorists & maligning its sacredness & called on those who were supporting such acts," read the statement from the army.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his address at Cambridge University said that he made eye contact with terrorists in Kashmir during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Two terrorists involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in South Kashmir's Pulwama, were neutralised by security forces in an encounter. In the operation, a soldier succumbed to injuries, said the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO) statement on Tuesday.