At least two terrorists were killed during an encounter that broke out with security forces in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday morning, police officials familiar with the development said.
Inspector general of police in Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, was quoted as saying by news agency that a top JeM commander, Yasir Parray, and a foreign terrorist, identified as Furqan, were among those killed during the gunbattle that began in early hours at Qasba Yar area of Pulwama.
Kumar said Parray was an IED expert and was allegedly involved in several terrorism-related activities in the Union territory.
A search operation was underway.
Last month, the Central Reserve Police Force nabbed a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Sarwir Ahmed Mir, from Pulwama’s Mirgund area following a search operation and seized explosives from him.
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The terror-related incidents have seen a significant surge in the Valley in the past few months. On Tuesday, Union minister of state for home affiars Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that at least 40 civilians have been killed and 72 sustained injuries in terror-related incidents in Jammu & Kashmir till November 15 this year. During the similar period, as many as 35 security personnel were also killed and 86 injured.