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4 terrorists, including Pakistani commander of JeM, killed, 1 held in separate encounters in J&K: Police

10:41 AM Mar 12, 2022 | PTI |

Four terrorists, including a Pakistani commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), were killed and one ultra was arrested in three separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.

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The encounters took place in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of the Kashmir valley, a police official said.

He said two JeM terrorists, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an overnight encounter in the Chewaklan area of Pulwama in south Kashmir.

”Pakistani terrorist killed in Pulwama encounter identified as JeM commander Kamaal Bhai @ Jatt. He was active since 2018 in the Pulwama-Shopian area & involved in several terror crimes & civilian atrocities,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said in a tweet.

In another gunfight between the forces and terrorists in the Serch area of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir in the early hours of Saturday, a member of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed, the official said.

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He said another encounter broke out in the Nechama Rajwar area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday morning, in which a LeT terrorist was killed.

Kumar said the security forces had launched anti-terrorist operations at four-five locations on Friday night.

”We had launched joint #operations at 4-5 locations yesterday night. So far 2 terrorists of JeM including 01 #Pakistani killed in #Pulwama, 1 terrorist of LeT killed each in #Ganderbal & #Handwara. Encounters over in Handwara & Pulwama,” he wrote on Twitter.

”One terrorist has also been arrested alive,” the IGP said.

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