Terrorist killed in #Kulgam encounter: police https://t.co/ggb4InnVqM
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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] An al-Badr terrorist
...before 9/11 Al Badr trained with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-lslami (HIG) in Afghanistan, and their Big Turbans have always been resident in Pakistan, but their brief was always to bring Indian Kashmir under Pakistani rule as a step toward conquering the rest of India. They are estimated to number about 200, half foreign...
was rubbed out by police and security forces during a shootout in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday, police said. A policeman was also maimed in the firefight."Acting on a specific input regarding the presence of a terrorist in village Hawoora area of Kulgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by J&K Police, Army (1st RR) and CRPF (18 Bn) in the said area," said a police front man, in a statement.
"During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, in which one J&K police personnel got injured who was subsequently shifted to hospital for treatment. The hiding terrorist was also given an opportunity to surrender, however he kept on firing on the joint forces. The fire was effectively retaliated, leading to an encounter."
In the ensuing encounter, a local terrorist linked with proscribed terrorist outfit al-Badr was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter. He has been identified as Adil Majeed Lone son of Abdul Majeed Lone resident of Akbarabad Hawoora, Kulgam, said the front man.
"Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 Pistol with live ammunition and a Grenade were recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation."
A case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation is in progress. "People are requested to cooperate with Police till the area at encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the kabooms, if any," added the front man.