Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist accused of lobbing grenade in Shopian arrested

NEW DELHI: A terrorist of Lashkar-e-Toiba, accused of lobbing a grenade in Shopian, which killed two labourers, was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday.

The terrorist was identified as Imran Bashir Ganie of Harmen.

The labourers Monish Kumar & Ram Sagar, both residents of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, were gravely injured and were rushed to the hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

"The area has been cordoned off by the Jammu and Kashmir Police following the investigation", ADGP Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar.

Earlier this month, two Lashkar-e-Toiba linked terrorists were neutralised in the Anantnag encounter.

According to Kashmir Zone Police, the terrorists were involved in several terror crime cases.

"Two local categorised terrorists linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT killed in encounter. They were involved in several terror crime cases," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

Four terrorists killed in separate encounters

Earlier one terrorist was killed in the encounter that broke out in the Tangpawa area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag on Sunday evening, according to the police.

In another incident, four terrorists were eliminated in two separate encounters conducted in a joint operation launched by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir, said the police.

Three terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Drach area of the Shopian district on Tuesday night, police said

Another local terrorist was killed in the encounter in the Moolu area of Shopian.

One soldier was injured in the exchange of fire between terrorist and security forces.

In the first encounter that broke in the Drach area of Shopian, three local terrorists linked with the proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed were killed.

In contrast, in the second encounter between the security forces and the terrorists in the Moolu area of Shopian early morning today, one local terrorist with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba was neutralised.

(With inputs from agencies)