In a major breakthrough, the security forces on Tuesday killed two local terrorists associated with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-E-Taiba during an encounter in Shopian. According to the Kashmir Police, one of the two slain terrorists, who has been identified as Abrar, was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma.
Calling the encounter a big success against the Pakistan-backed terrorists, the J&K Police said, “Two local terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in the night-long anti-terror operation at Ashipora village of Shopian district in South Kashmir.”
Additional Director General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar confirmed the identities of the two slain terrorists as Morifat Maqbool and Jazim Farooq @ Abrar of LeT. He added that Abrar was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit late Sanjay Sharma. Sanjay was killed earlier this year on February 23 outside his home in Achan village of Pulwama where he was working as an ATM security guard at Jammu And Kashmir Bank in its village branch.