Snatching away a 12 bore rifle from the private security guard deputed at the branch, the terrorists forced themselves into the bank in Shopian district's Karpan area.
A group of terrorists on Friday stormed into a Jammu Kashmir bank in Shopian district's Karpan area and robbed it of cash.
Snatching away a 12 bore rifle from the private security guard deputed at the branch, they forced themselves into the bank and robbed it of cash, according to news agency ANI report.
No casualties have been reported so far. Police investigation is underway and further details are awaited.
According to an intelligence report earlier on Friday, accessed by Zee News, 600 terrorists are waiting on the border to infiltrate. They are positioned at various terror launch pads spread along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.
The report submitted to the Union Home Ministry asserts that these terrorists are being actively supported by Pakistani armed forces. Intelligence sources suspect that there are also Pakistan army personnel among the 600 terrorists. They are believed to be members of infamous Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) which is known to provide support to terrorist organisations to launch attacks on Indian security forces from across the border.
According to intelligence agencies, this may be the highest number of terrorists readied by Pak forces to infiltrate India after surgical strikes destroyed dozens of launchpads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Pak Army's plan comes on the back of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's promise to work towards better ties with India.
Earlier during the day, two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday.
Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Watergam area of Sopore, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police official said.
He said as the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them and the security personnel retaliated.
This comes after two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Kupwara on Thursday. The exchange of fire between the terrorists and the security forces took place during a Naka checking.
An INSAS rifle, snatched earlier this week from a policeman in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir, was recovered from the terrorists, police said.
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