Security Forces Killed 3 Terrorists Including HM District Commander

Security forces killed 3 terrorists including HM District Commander in two encounters in 16 hours in Kashmir.

Security forces have killed three terrorists in two separate encounters in Kashmir within the last 16 hours.

Security forces have achieved great success in the ongoing encounter in the Kulgam district since last Thursday.

District commander Shiraz Maulvi and Yawar Bhat are among the two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed here.

However, on Thursday itself, security forces killed a terrorist of Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind in an encounter in Srinagar.

Security forces killed 3 terrorists: You should be aware that 135 terrorists have been killed by security forces in 69 encounters in Jammu and Kashmir since January.

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar while confirming that two terrorists were killed in Kulgam and one in Srinagar.

Hizbul Mujahideen district commander Shiraz Moulvi, who was killed in Kulgam, was involved in terrorist activities in Kashmir in 2016.

While he killed many innocent people during this time, he was involved in terrorism by tricking the unemployed youth of the valley.

His death is a big success for the security forces. According to police records, Hizbul district commander Shiraz Ahmed alias Shiraz Maulvi was an A++ category terrorist.

Around 19 cases were registered against him in different police stations. Yawar Ahmed was a category C terrorist. He also had three cases registered against him. He was active since March 2021.

The encounter in Kulgam started in the afternoon. Security forces got information that two to three terrorists were seen in Chawalgam of Kulgam.

As soon as the information was received, 9 RR and SOG personnel of the army reached the spot and started the search operation.

Seeing the security forces approaching, the terrorists started firing. The security forces asked the terrorists to surrender before retaliating.

But when they did not agree, the security forces also started firing. One terrorist was killed in the encounter.

Due to darkness, the encounter was postponed till morning. Meanwhile, the people living nearby were shifted to safer places.

In the early morning, once again an encounter started between the terrorists and the security forces, and during this time another terrorist was also killed.

After the killing of both the terrorists, the security forces launched a search operation around the encounter site.

When it was confirmed that no other terrorists were present there, the security personnel returned with their bodies and weapons recovered from the encounter site.

IGP Kashmir said that both the slain terrorists belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen while one of them is district commander Shiraz Maulvi.

On the other hand, the terrorist Aamir Riyaz, who was killed in another encounter in Srinagar on Thursday, belonged to the banned terrorist organization MGH, he is a resident of Pulwama.

IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar told that Amir Lethpora was a relative of one of the accused in the fidayeen attack.