Jammu-Kashmir: Three unidentified terrorists gunned down by security forces in Sopore encounter
On a specific input, J&K police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Army’s 52-Rashtriya Rifles launched a search and cordon operation following inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
FollowThree unidentified militants were neutralised in an overnight encounter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Tuesday.
According to the police, arms and ammunition besides other incriminating material from the site of the encounter have been recovered.
"#SoporeEncounterUpdate: 01 more unidentified #terrorist killed (Total 03). #Incriminating materials including #arms & ammunition recovered. Operation over. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice," tweeted the Kashmir Zone Police.
On a specific input, J&K police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Army’s 52-Rashtriya Rifles launched a search and cordon operation following inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
As the encounter continued, two terrorists were gunned down by the security forces.
"#SoporeEncounterUpdate: 02 unidentified #terrorists killed. #Search going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice," the tweet said.
With this, the number of militants killed this year so far has crossed the 100-mark.
“Today, by the collective efforts of @JmuKmrPolice, @ChinarcorpsIA, @crpfindia and people of #Kashmir have led to #neutralisation of more than 100 #terrorists in the year of 2021 so far in Kashmir division,” J&K police tweeted while quoting Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar. Police said among the 100 militants killed this year, most are locals and top commanders of different outfits.
Official data reveals that 82 locals joined militancy in the first seven months of 2021 while 88 ultras were killed in the same period in encounters with the security forces.
The spate of recruitment suggests that the counter-offensive of security forces is proving to be a zero-sum game, as for every militant killed a new one is immediately being recruited. Last year, there were around 220 active militants in Kashmir and despite the killing of 80 militants this year, the number, as per police records, remains more or less the same.
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