J&K: Massive anti-terror operation launched in Shopian

DN Bureau

The search operations come in the wake of a surge in militancy related incidents in the past few days.

Indian Army along with other security forces on anti-terror operation
Indian Army along with other security forces on anti-terror operation


Srinagar: Almost two dozen villages in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir have been cordoned off, as the Indian Army along with other security forces have launched a massive anti-terror operation today.


The search operations come in the wake of a surge in militancy related incidents in the past few days.

 

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Suspected terrorists barged into a police post guarding the court complex of southern Shopian late on Tuesday night, and decamped with five service rifles.


The terrorists decamped along with five service rifles including four INSAS rifles and an AK-47 rifle.

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Earlier, following the two bank robberies that took place in Pulwama on Wednesday, Pulwama Superintendant of Police Rayees Mohammed Bhat revealed that preliminary investigation has established the involvement of the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). (ANI)

 










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