November 23, 2024

Local Lashkar commander Furkan and 2 terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter

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Anantnag, Feb 22(HS): Local Lashkar commander Furkan and 2 terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter. The terrorists killed in an encounter in the Sangam area have been identified. One of the two terrorists killed was  Lashkar’s local commander  Navid Bhat alias Furkan. He used to carry out terrorist acts and show the youth the way of terror. While the other terrorist has been identified as Aaqib Yasin Bhatt. Both of them joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization in the year 2018.

. A joint team of Army, SOG, and CRPF immediately began a search operation in the entire area on receipt of prior information. Terrorists started firing on seeing the security forces approaching. The security forces also retaliated. After a brief encounter, the security forces killed both the militants, including a local Lashkar commander.