Two Pakistani terrorists of the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in Srinagar in an encounter with the security forces. They were involved in an attack on CRPF personnel in the Maisuma area of the city.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, congratulated the joint teams of Police and CRPF for conducting the operation in a professional manner and neutralizing the wanted terrorists within the shortest possible time. The IGP Kashmir said, “This operation is one of the best examples of how the investigation of a terror crime case leads to an anti-terrorist operation and surely a big success for Srinagar Police.”
A specific input was generated by Srinagar Police regarding the presence of terrorists in the Bhishembar Nagar area of Srinagar and a cordon-and-search operation was launched by Srinagar Police and Valley Quick Action Team (QAT)- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the said area.
Keeping in view the tourist movement and huge rush in the area, Police and CRPF exercised maximum restraint and carried out operations in a professional manner to avoid any civilian causality.
Both the killed terrorists belonged to Pakistan and were identified as Mohammad Bhai -Abu Qasim Mir Shoaib Mudassir and Abu Arsalan -Khalid Aadil and carried fake Adhaar cards to conceal their identities.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, on Sunday had a crystal take on the operation and the decline in militancy in the valley.
“Terrorists who carried out the attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on April 4 belonged to Pakistan and were from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Both were gunned down. Our personnel become a soft target of militants. Militancy is declining and we’ll ensure it dwindles further,” said Kumar. As per police records, both the killed terrorists were ‘A’ categorized and linked with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Killed terrorist Mohammad Bhai had been active since 2019 while Abu Arsalan had been active since 2021 in Central Kashmir.
Meanwhile, in a joint operation, State Investigation Agency (SIA) and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday conducted searches at various locations across Delhi, Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case, informed the officials.
The searches were done in order to filter out fundraising, and financial assistance by a terrorist mastermind of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), based in Pakistan to its cadres/associates across India to further terrorist activities in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The said case relates to the raising of funds by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terrorist organizations based in Pakistan and sending of funds to India as a part of a criminal conspiracy to spread terrorism in the country.
“On the basis of investigation and corroborated by technical evidence, it was revealed that a terrorist mastermind of proscribed terrorist organization Laskar-e-Toiba (LeT), based in Pakistan, has been facilitating and providing financial assistance to its cadres and associates to promote / further terrorist activities in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country,” stated an official release.