Three Pakistan trained terrorists of Hizbul Mujahedeen and Jaish-e-Muhammad gangs were eliminated in an eight-hour-long gunfight in Gulshanpora village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the first such action of year 2019.
An Army spokesman confirmed the above Operation and also the wounding of three soldiers in the said Operation. He further said that the. News in some sections of the media of a soldier being killed is incorrect. Three soldiers were injured during the encounter among whom one is said to be in a critical condition with a head injury.
Army along with Security Forces launched cordon and search operation in Gulshanpora village of Tral after receiving credible inputs about the presence of some terrorists there. As the search commenced one of the search party came under hostile fire. The fire was retaliated leading to killing of three terrorists. Later their bodies were retrieved from the site of the Operation.
The local Police have identified the killed terrorists as Shakoor Ahmad Parray alias Jaffar, son of Ghulam Nabi Parray, resident of Laribal Tral; Tawseef Ahmad Thoker alias Abu Talha, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Thoker, and Zubair Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat – both residents of Chursoo Awantipora.
The Police said that these terrorists were part of a combined group of JeM and Hizb. “As per police records, Zubair was affiliated with proscribed outfit JeM while Zubair and Tawseef were affiliated with Hizb.” The bodies of the terrorists were handed to their families after medico-legal formalities, police said.
Once again during the gunfight, a small group of youth had assembled near the encounter site and pelted stones on the Security forces who retaliated with teargas canisters and pallets.
At least six protesters were injured after Security Forces fired pellets to break up the protests, reports said. Internet service was suspended in police districts of Awantipora and Pulwama to maintain law and order.
