After killing a Pakistani terrorist on Friday morning, security forces killed two others in the Naidgam forests of Chatroo in Kishtwar district, officers said. Army killed Jaish commander Saifullah, Farman, and Basha. Each carried a reward of ₹5 lakh on their heads.
“Security forces starts an operation in the area on April 9. We first gunned down one terrorist in the morning, after which eliminated two others afterward Friday,” stated a senior police officer.
Army killed Jaish commander Saifullah in J & K
Commandos from the elite 2, 5, and 9 Para of the Army, CRPF, and the SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police involved in the operation. The anti-terror operations conducts in the snow-covered mountains with dense wooded area cover.
“The Army deployed helicopters to trace the fleeing terrorists,” said the officer. A huge number of hands, ammunition, and explosives recovered from the encounter site. Brigadier JVS Rathi, commander of the 5 Sector Assam Rifles, and DIG Shridhar Patil of the Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban variety will short the media about the whole operation at the 5 Assam Rifles headquarters on Saturday.
Other Anti Terror Operations
Army killed Jaish commander Saifullah and they also starts simultaneous anti-terror operations in Udhampur and Kishtwar districts to music down terrorists, believed to be part of a bigger organization that infiltrated through the worldwide border in the Hiranagar quarter of Kathua district today.
Amid ongoing anti-terror operations, a group of 3 armed terrorists, believed to be from the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit, barged into a villager’s house in Basantgarh, Udhampur district, overdue Wednesday. The terrorists ate meals, took a mobile pone, clothes, shoes, a bag, and an umbrella before leaving.
Earlier, on April 3, terrorists had entered a house in Udhampur’s Chore Panjwa-Khabbal area in Majalta block, held the family hostage, and forcibly took a mobile phone and food before fleeing round 10 PM.
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