A terrorist holed up in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district was killed by security forces on Wednesday in an over 15-hour long operation, officials said. His partner was also shot dead, and a CRPF jawan lost his life during the operation.
Two senior officers escaped unhurt despite their vehicles being hit by bullets during the operation that began on Tuesday night after two terrorists were spotted in Saida Sukhal village, officials said. During the operation, several bullets hit the official vehicles of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Sunil Gupta, and Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Anayat Ali Choudhary. Fortunately, both officers escaped unharmed.
Additional Director General of Police (Jammu zone) Anand Jain, who supervised the operation, said, “Two terrorists, who appeared to have freshly infiltrated (from across the border), surfaced in the village around 8 pm on Tuesday and asked for water from a household. The people got frightened and as soon as they informed us, a police team rushed to the village.” He further added, “One of the terrorists tried to hurl a grenade at the police team and was killed in the exchange of fire.”
Officials have shared that the two terrorists who lost their lives are believed to be from Pakistan. They were found with a significant amount of weapons, ammunition and over Rs 1 lakh in cash.