Two terrorists, including a top commander of the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, were shot dead by the security forces in an encounter in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Monday.
According to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar, the LeT commander has been identified as Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram who was operating the valley since 2017.
“Two terrorists including a top commander of proscribed terror outfit LeT, Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram were neutralised. Akram was active here since 2017,” said the IGP Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Police, incriminating materials like arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site and a search operation is currently underway.
“This year three encounters broke out in Srinagar. We all know that three incidents took place in Srinagar. In one incident, one police inspector was killed. In another incident, a mobile shop owner was attacked and killed. And then there was a grenade attack in which three civilians were killed and one was injured. These two terrorists were involved in all these three incidents. We were tracking them. When this information was confirmed yesterday, the CRPF launched a cordon operation. We appealed to them to surrender but they refused after which an encounter started and both were killed,” IGP Kumar further said.
