2 terrorists killed in separate encounters in J&K's Rajouri, Baramulla

Two terrorists were killed in separate encounters with security forces in Rajouri and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.

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The police said that incriminating materials, including an AK 47 rifle, were recovered from the terrorists. "Baramulla Encounter Update: Killed terrorist identified as Abid Wani S/O Mohd Rafiq Wani R/O Yarhol Babapora Kulgam, linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Incriminating materials, 01 AK 47 rifle recovered," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted today.

One of the two slain terrorists is identified as Abid Wani hailing from Kulgam.

In a tweet, Kashmir Zone Police said, "#Encounter has started at Karhama Kunzer area of #Baramulla. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice."

"Information was received about some suspicious movement. A cordon and search operation was launched and during that firing was done towards us and in retaliatory firing one terrorist of LeT has been killed. Our forces are alert in view of G20 Summit and we are neutralising the threat & G20 Summit will be organised successfully," ANI quoted SSP Baramulla, Amod Ashok Nagpure, in a tweet.

Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivediis is at ground zero, to review the operational situation on the ongoing operations at Kandi in Rajouri where contact was re-established with militants, ANI reported.

He has been briefed on all aspects of the operations by ground commanders.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with Army Chief General Manoj Pande is visiting Jammu to review the security situation in the Jammu sector on Saturday, sources informed the news agency.

Five soldiers have died in the ongoing anti-terror operation in the Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, officials said on Friday. "Three more soldiers who were injured earlier have unfortunately succumbed to their injuries. A total of five soldiers have lost their lives in the joint operation in Rajouri, J&K," said the officials.

Indian Army is conducting relentless intelligence-based operations to flush out a group of terrorists involved in an ambush on an army truck in the Tota Gali area of Bhata Dhurian in the Jammu region, an official release stated.

"On specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kandi Forest in the Rajouri Sector, a joint operation was launched on May 3, 2023. At about 7:30 am on May 5, 2023, a search team established contact with a group of terrorists well entrenched in a cave. The area is thickly vegetated with rocky and steep cliffs," the statement stated.