| Militant killed in Kupwara gunfight: Police | | 2021 saw elimination of 182 militants, including 44 of their top commanders, 20 foreigners | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 1: Police on Saturday said that a militant was killed in a brief shootout with security forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jumagund area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Kashmir Police Zone wrote on their official Twitter handle, "One unidentified militant killed in an encounter at Jumagund area of Kupwara. Army & Police are on the job. Further details shall follow,"
However it is learnt from sources that yet the identity of the slain militant was not immediately ascertained.
Meanwhile in the annual press conference of 2021, police said that, year 2021 saw the elimination of a total of 182 terrorists, including 44 of their top commanders and 20 foreigners, in 100 successful anti-terror operations by Jammu and Kashmir police and security forces in the Union Territory.
Police said a total of nine Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists involved in the attack on a police bus in Pantha Chowk were eliminated in the last 24 hours while a total of 20 foreign terrorists were killed during the year.
In 100 successful operations, we have eliminated 182 terrorists of various outfits, while out of the 44 top terrorists killed this year, 26 belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), 10 to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), seven to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and one to Al-Badr, and among the slain terrorists, 20 were foreigners, said police in a press conference.
Police said 134 youngsters joined terror ranks in the Union Territory this year but 72 of them have been neutralised and 22 arrested.
They said that police have cracked down on the support system of the terrorists too in this hybrid terror era and arrested 570 over-ground workers and others.
Besides these anti national activities, 497 people were booked under the UAPA for their involvement in support of terrorism and other cases this year. |
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