In a major breakthrough, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who had murdered TV artist Amreen Bhatt on Wednesday, were gunned down by the security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora in the wee hours of Friday.
Sharing more information, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said, āThe heinous murder case of TV artist Amreen Bhat has been solved in 24 hours.ā “Two LeT terrorists have been killed in the Soura area of the Srinagar in an encounter. They have been identified as Shakir Ahmed Waza and Afreen Aftab Malik.ā
The IGP Vijay Kumar earlier informed that the two LeT terrorists who killed TV artist Amreen Bhat were trapped in an ongoing encounter in the Awantipora area of the Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
Amreen Bhat, a TV artist and social media sensation, was killed inside her home in Hishroo village of Chadoora area of Budgam by some unidentified terrorists on Wednesday. Her nephew was also injured in the incident as he sustained a bullet injury in his right arm.
IGP Kashmir had earlier said that the LeT terrorists were behind the killing of the artist. It may be mentioned that this was the 51st encounter of the year and in the last 50 encounters, the security forces have managed to kill at least 78 terrorists, including 25 Pakistani terrorists, besides arresting 43 hybrid terrorists.
14 civilians, including cops, who were on leave, were also killed by terrorists this year, while 16 security personals too lost their lives in anti-terror operations in J&K.