At a joint press conference of the Army, police, and CRPF, the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief said that this was one of the biggest counter-offensives against terrorist groups in recent times
Indian Army killed 13 terrorists in Kashmir in a single day on Sunday. In three counter-insurgency encounters that took place during the day in the Valley, security forces gunned down as many as 13 militants in the Anantnag and Shopian districts of Jammu & Kashmir. The major counter-terrorism offensive claimed the lives of three Army jawans and four civilians. The militants who were killed included those responsible for the brutal killing of Lieutenant Umar Fayaz. Meanwhile, authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Monday to maintain law and order in the wake of gunfights in the Kashmir Valley the previous day.
In some of the worst fighting between security forces and militants in recent years, the armed clashes took place in two places of the Shopian district and a third spot in the Anantnag district in southern Kashmir. The operations rendered a severe blow to terrorist groups in the Kashmir Valley. The offensive was launched in the two districts on Saturday night and continued until late Sunday afternoon. Of the 13 terrorists killed, 11 have been identified so far; all of them were locals, officials said.
Meanwhile, separatists on Sunday called for a two-day strike in Kashmir over the killings under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a spokesman of the group said. He said that JRL, comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Yasin Mailk, had asked people in the Valley to suspend business and other activities and offer funeral prayers in absentia.
Speaking about counter-terrorism operations, Lieutenant General A K Bhatt, the corps commander of the Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps, told news agencies: "Excellent synergy has developed between the police, Army, CRFP, and the troops on ground." He added that the security forces had been "looking for the terrorists who killed Lt Ummer Fayaz" and that "today (Sunday) we neutralised them". Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) S P Pani said this was an extremely wonderful work done by Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with the Army and CRPF. "We have tried to keep life smooth in other parts of the Valley but if any miscreant attempts to disrupt the peace, they will be dealt sternly," he said. Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid said that this was one of the biggest counter-offensives in recent times against terrorist groups operating in the Kashmir Valley.
Here are the top 10 developments in the Jammu and Kashmir encounters that killed 13 militants:
1) Forces kill 13 militants in Kashmir in major operation: Security forces gunned down 13 militants, including those responsible for the brutal killing of Lieutenant Umar Fayaz, in three counter-insurgency operations, which also claimed the lives of three Army jawans and four civilians in the Anantnag and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir. The operations, which rendered a severe blow to terrorist groups in the Kashmir Valley, were launched on Saturday night and continued until late Sunday afternoon.
2) Eleven of the 13 militants killed were Kashmiris: Of the 13 who were gunned down, 11 have been identified so far and all of them are locals, according to officials. One of the 13 was killed in Dialgam of South Kashmir's Anantnag district, seven in Draggad, and five in the Kachdooru area of Shopian district. Additionally, one militant was arrested from Dialgam. Among those neutralised were Ishfaq Thokar, Ehtehmad Hussian and Aquib Iqbal who were responsible for many terrorist-related activities in the Shopian area.
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