Two terrorists killed in separate encounters with security forces in J&K

Srinagar: Two terrorists, involved in the recent targeted killings of a civilian and a police officer, have been killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. 

In the first encounter, Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Shahid Bashir Sheikh was neutralised in an operation jointly launched by Army, J&K Police, and CRPF in the Wahibug area of Pulwama yesterday. Police said, the slain terrorist was involved in the recent



killings of a civilian and a sub-inspector in Srinagar.

In the second operation, one terrorist identified as Tanzeel Ahmad was killed at Hamdaniya Colony in Bemina area of Srinagar. He was involved in the killing of police sub-inspector Arshid Ashraf in Srinagar’s Khanyar area on September 12, police said. Arms and ammunition, including two AK-47 rifles, have been recovered from the encounter sites.