Four terꩵrorists, including those involved in the killing of a policeman three days ago, were neutralised in two encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on Wedne🌱sday, police said.
Three Jaish-e-Moha💯mmad (JeM) ultras were killed in Drach Keegam area, while a Las🎉hkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was eliminated in Moolu, they said.
About the first encounter, a police spokesperson said security forces launched a cordon and search operation following inputs about the presence of ter🐠rorists there.
As the search party proceeded ﷽towards the spot, the hiding ultras fired indiscriminately and the police retaliated, leading to the encounter, the spokesperson said.
Three terrorists linked to JeM were killed and their bodies ღwere recovered, he said.
He identified them as Zubair Maqbool Wani, a resident of Doompora Keegam, ꦍJamsheed Ahmad Magray from Rajpora and Hanaan Bin Yaqoob aliasꦑ Saqib from Kareemabad in Pulwama.
Of these, Magray and Saqib were involved in the murder of Special Police Officer Javed Dar on October 2 at Pinglana area of Pulwama. A CRPF jawan was also injured in th🌟e attack on the joint search party that day.
The duo was also behind the killing of a labourer from West Bengal in 🅠Gadoora. Bes♈ides, Magray had shot at two migrant labourers in Ratnipora, the spokesperson said.
In another encounter at Moolu, also in Sh🐻opian, a terrorist identified as Arif Rashid Wani, a resident of Shirmal,💎 was killed.
Liked the three men ꦓkilled in Drach, Wani was also a categorised terrorist, and he was linked 🐼to LeT, the spokesperson said.
Four AK serie�😼�s rifles, a pistol, eight AK magazines, four pistol magazines and other incriminating materials were recovered from both the encounter sites, he added.
(With PTI inputs)
