100 Terrorists Eliminated This Year: Officials
New Delhi: The Indian Security Forces in Jammu and Kashmir have killed 100 terrorists this year, including 63 associated with the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-taiba, a Police official said on Sunday.
“Fifty terrorists including one foreigner were killed in the counter-terrorism operations last year in the first five months and 12 days, While 63 of the terrorists killed in encounters belonged to banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, 24 others were affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),” the officials said.
According to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, a terrorist linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Adil Parray was involved in the killing of two J-K police personnel in the region.
Speaking to the media, he said, “An encounter started at Kreesbal Palpora Sangam area of Srinagar with terrorists and a small team of Srinagar Police. When the search operation started, the terrorists opened fire on our party. The encounter started in which Adil Parray was killed. LeT terrorist Adil Parray of Ganderbal who was involved in the killing of two JKP personnel Gh Hassan Dar in Sangam and Saifullah Qadri in Anchar Soura & injuring a 9-year-old girl, killed in a chance encounter with a small team of Police.”
“It is a matter of success for the police to neutralize Adil Parray. 100 terrorists have been killed in J-K so far this year,” he added.
(Vinayak)
