Three LeT terrorists killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora

Earlier on Sunday (July 25), an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Shokbaba forest. In the last 24 hours, the police and the armed forces have conducted two encounters in Jammu and Kashmir; one at Bandipora, and another at Kulgam. 

Three terrorists who were neutralised in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora have been identified as members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). 

The Kashmir Zone Inspector General Vijay Kumar said, "Among the three terrorists killed in the Bandipora encounter yesterday, one was Shakir Altaf Baba who had crossed over to Pakistan from Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar in 2018. The three killed were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba." 

He further added, "We received information that there are some terrorists in Bandipora's Shokbaba forest, following which we, along with the army, conducted a search. As soon as we began our search, they started firing, injuring one jawan in the process."

He also said that they are speculating more than three terrorists in the area. "Three terrorists have been killed, including the local LeT terrorist, Shakir. We are speculating that there might be 2-3 more terrorists in the area."

The Inspector General also updated the media about an injured jawan, he stated that the jawan was doing fine. Meanwhile, Defence officials refuted reports of three jawans being injured in operation and said that only one jawan has been injured.

(Agency Inputs)