A terrorist changed into neutralised with the aid of using safety forces in an come across in Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir, police stated on Tuesday. The terrorist changed into diagnosed as Aqib Mustaq Bhat, who to begin with labored for proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, were running with Lashkhar-e-Taiba`s neighborhood offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF). ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar stated that Bhat changed into concerned withinside the latest killing of a Kashmiri Pandit, Sanjay Sharma, in Pulwama.
Quoting Kumar, Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, “Killed terrorist diagnosed as Aqib Mustaq Bhat of Pulwama (A category). He to begin with labored for HM terror outfit, in recent times he were running with TRF. Killer of past due Sanjay Sharma #neutralised.”
The come across came about at Padgampora village in Awantipora tehsil below Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, days after centered killing of but any other Kashmiri Pandit.
Earlier withinside the day, Kashmir Zone Police stated, “Encounter has commenced at Padgampora Awantipora in Pulwama district. Police and safety forces are at the job. Further information shall follow.”
Updating approximately the operation in opposition to the terrorists, Jammu and Kashmir Police stated, “one terrorist changed into killed withinside the come across. However, his frame is but to be retrieved.”
Sanjay Sharma, a resident of Achan in Pulwama, changed into fired upon with the aid of using terrorists whilst he changed into on his manner to a neighborhood marketplace on Sunday. The 45-year-old, who labored as a financial institution safety guard, succumbed to accidents withinside the hospital.
Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, a distinguished Pandits` frame withinside the Valley, advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union domestic minister Amit Shah to update L-G Manoj Sinha.
“KPSS maximum humbly with folded arms request Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Home Minister to relaxation their private agendas and self-conceit and take the difficulty significantly and update the present day Lt. Governor right now for letting the Kashmiri Pandits to be killed with the aid of using the militants for a few vested schedule and vendetta to malign the ruling political birthday birthday celebration on the countrywide and worldwide level,” the assertion read.