Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): One more terrorist has been killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and terrorists in Melhoora area of Zainapora belt in South Kashmir’s Shopian district yesterday, taking the number of slain terrorists to two, officials said today.
A senior police officer said one more unidentified terrorist has been killed and in total two terrorists were killed in the operation. “Search operation is on in the area,” he said.
“Bodies of both terrorists have been retreived. Arms and ammunition have been recovered as well,” the officer said.
On Monday evening, after the killing of one terrorist, operation was halted due to darkness, however, cordon was tightened to ensure that no trapped terrorist can flee and operation resumed on today morning.
Yesterday afternoon, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 55 RR and CRPF had launched a cordon and search operation based on a specific information about the presence of terrorists in the area.
As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. This year so far 186 terrorists have been killed in various anti-militancy operations.
-RJV
