Two terrorists of Al-Qaeda off shoot AGuH killed during an encounter in Srinagar
| 15-Sep-2022 |
Security Forces on Wednesday evening gunned down two terrorists of terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul -Hind (AGuH), an off shoot of Al-Qaeda in Nowgam area of Srinagar district.
Based on specific inputs regarding the presence of terrorists in Dangerpora area of Nowgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Police and the Army. During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter," Police said.
In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter. Both killed terrorists have been identified as Aijaz Rasool Nazar of Pulwama and Shahid Ahmad alias Abu Hamza.
Incriminating materials, arms, and ammunition, including one AK-series rifle, two pistols, and one grenade were recovered from the site of the encounter.
As per Police records, both the killed terrorists were categorised terrorists and were linked with proscribed terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Both the killed terrorists were involved in several terror crime cases, including attacks on Police/security forces and civilian atrocities. Besides, they were also involved in the recent attack on a non-local labourer namely Muneer-ul-Islam of West Bengal on September 2, 2022, at Ugergund Newa area of Pulwama,".
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