By ANI
ANANTNAG: Terrorists lobbed a grenade towards a security bunker in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, the incident took place in the Arwani area of Bijbehara in Anantnag.
Further details are awaited.
By IANS
SRINAGAR: The killer of a police official was among the six terrorists neutralised in the last 48 hours in four anti-terrorist operations in Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.
Police said based on specific information generated by them regarding the presence of a terrorist in the village Kalan Sirgufwara area of Anantnag, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police and army’s 3 RR on Saturday.
“During the search operation, as the presence of terrorist got ascertained, he was given ample opportunities to surrender. However, he denied the surrender opportunities and instead fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which retaliated leading to an encounter,” police said.
In the ensuing encounter, the trapped terrorist was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter.
“He has been identified as Faheem Bhat, a resident of Kandipora, Anantnag affiliated with proscribed terror outfit ISJK. It is pertinent to mention that the killed terrorist had recently joined terror outfit ISJK and was the main accused behind the killing of ASI Mohammad Ashraf near Police Station Bijbehara,” police said
Incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from his possession.
Pertinently, in the last 48 hours, joint teams of police and the security forces neutralised six terrorists in four successful anti-terrorist operations without any collateral damage.
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Police have arrested a 40-year-old Pakistani national, who allegedly has ISI links and is involved in a plot to carry out a terror attack here, from east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area and seized arms and ammunition from his possession, officials said on Tuesday.
Mohammad Ashraf alias Ali, a resident of Pakistan’s Punjab province, came to India via Bangladesh and had been staying in the country for 10 years after obtaining Indian identity cards through forged documents, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwaha said.
He was posing as a ‘maulana’ (religious preacher) and was arrested on Monday night, the DCP said. Ashraf was recruited by the Pakistani spy agency ISI directly after he completed his schooling and was trained for six months, he added.
Officials said Ashraf was in contact with an ISI handler whom he identified as Nasir and was supposed to get information about the planned terror attack. He has changed five-six locations in a span of 10 years, they said.
He never stayed at any specific location for long and to acquire documents, he also got married to a woman here, they said. At his instance, an AK-47 and several other arms and ammunition have been recovered.
Ashraf has been arrested under relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act and Arms Act, the police said.
Police suspect that he is part of a terror module. Further investigations are on including if a lone wolf attack had been planned, they said.
By PTI
JAMMU: A top terrorist affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), wanted in connection with the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in south Kashmir last year, was arrested in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Zahoor Ahmad Rather alias “Sahil”, “Khalid” was hiding in Samba district of Jammu region and was arrested on a specific information by Anantnag police, a senior police official said.
The TRF is an offshoot of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit and the arrest of Rather comes a week after police arrested self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa Hidayatullah Malik alias “Hasnain” from Kunjwani area of Jammu.
Rather, a resident of south Kashmir, had reportedly moved to Samba to receive an arms consignment from Pakistan and was arrested from his rented accommodation in Bari Brahmana area during a joint raid by Anantnag and Samba police, the official said.
Terming the arrest of the top terrorist as a “major breakthrough”, he said he was involved in the killing of three BJP workers in Kulgam and a policeman at Furra village in south Kashmir district last year.
Security officials said Rather had undergone arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2004 and infiltrated into India along with five foreign terrorists.
However, he surrendered in 2006 but got recycled into militancy last year after joining the TRF.
The interrogation of the captured terrorist is underway and some more arrests and recoveries are expected at his disclosure, the official said.
Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an encounter with security forces at the Tiken area of Pulwama, said Jammu and Kashmir Police.
“Two unidentified terrorists killed. Operation going on. Further details shall follow,” said Jammu and Kashmir Police. The encounter started in the wee hours of Wednesday in the Tiken area of Pulwama. The police and security forces are engaged in the operation.
Militants have ambushed the Army’s Quick Reaction Team (QRT) in Aban Shah HMT Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar district of central Kashmir. Two army soldiers were killed in this attack. The attackers were riding in a Maruti car and their number is said to be three. Immediately after the attack, the terrorists escaped from the scene with a car. While absconding, terrorists have also taken away an AK-47 rifle of the injured jawan. Security forces have launched a campaign to search for terrorists.
Two of the three terrorists in the vehicle had weapons, while the third was driving the car. Two foreign terrorists are being reported. All information in this regard will be gathered by evening. He also told that the martyred soldiers are being told of the Army’s Kilo Force.
According to the information received from the police, the attack was done in the afternoon. When Aban Shah reached HMT Chowk, the army’s QRT team got down from the vehicle and started going towards the shop in front. The terrorists already in the Maruti car started firing on the soldiers. The young man also got some bullets, so he was close to the shop. This sudden attack by the terrorists did not even allow the security forces to recover. Two army personnel were seriously injured in this shootout. Before the soldiers responded to this attack of terrorists, the terrorists riding in the car escaped from there by firing bullets.
The terrorists in the car also took away the AK-47 rifle of the security personnel who fell near the shop during this time. At the same time, other soldiers immediately took care of their injured colleagues and took them to the military hospital. Doctors started the treatment of the injured soldiers that both the soldiers were martyred due to not being able to bear the wounds. At present, his identity has not been revealed.
Police and army arrested a Jaish terrorist alive during a joint operation in Chhatpora area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Weapons have also been recovered from his possession. He was hiding in the area. Now the police is engaged in questioning him. This is the second major success on the second day. A day earlier, two helpers working for Jaish were arrested.
According to the information, on the basis of an information, the police and army started operations in Chhatpora area of Pulwama. The Bonnera locality was surrounded during the operation. Security forces were informed that a terrorist is hiding here. During the operation the entire area was reconstructed. During this time, the terrorist hiding in the madrasa was arrested and it has been said that he has been involved in many incidents. He was hiding in the area for some purpose. It will now be known during interrogation what purpose he came in the area. Police sources say the two Jaish helpers were arrested a day earlier.
An encounter took place between militants and security forces at the Ban Toll Plaza near Nagrota. Four terrorists were killed in it. Here, the Pakistan High Commission official in Delhi has been summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs on the Nagrota incident. These terrorists wanted to carry out a big conspiracy.
Let us know that their Pakistan connection is revealed by the things recovered from the terrorists killed in Nagrota encounter. It is being said that the terrorists were in constant contact with their masters in Pakistan. A digital mobile radio (DMR) of a Pakistani company was recovered from the terrorists killed in the encounter. Despite this, Pakistan is not an eagle that can sustain terror. Today again two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were arrested, some suspicious items have been recovered from them. The Avantipora District Police of Jammu and Kashmir has given this information.
The next day of the Nagrota encounter, the important meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides Amit Shah, Ajit Doval, included foreign secretaries and top intelligence officials. According to government sources, the four terrorists who were trapped in the Nagrota encounter were planning to carry out a major attack on the occasion of the anniversary of the Mumbai attack (26/11). The Nagrota encounter was discussed in detail in the review meeting.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be invited to Islamabad for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, Dawn reported.
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The previous summit in 2016 was cancelled after India backed out following the terrorist attack on an Army camp in Uri where 19 soldiers died.
The last summit of the leaders of the eight SAARC countries was convened in Kathmandu in late 2014. Recalling Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks that if India took one step forward, Pakistan would take two, Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal pitched for dialogue with New Delhi to solve all contentious issues.
“We fought a war with India, relations cannot be fixed quickly,” Faisal said. So far, India’s refusal to engage Pakistan unless Islamabad addressed its concerns on cross-border terrorism has remained a sticky issue for holding the 19th SAARC summit.
SAARC Summits are usually held biennially hosted by a member state in alphabetical order. The member state hosting the summit assumes the Chair of the Association. Besides India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan also declined to participate in the 2016 Islamabad meet. The Maldives and Sri Lanka are the seventh and eighth members of the initiative.
Six militants were Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir,officials said.
An army official said exchange of fire between security forces and militants began in the early hours in Bijbehara area of the district.
Six militants were killed in the operation and weapons were recovered from the spot, he said.
Further details of the incident were awaited, he added.