Srinagar, Jan 17: Two terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit were killed in a brief shootout in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday, police said.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Vijay Kumar said both the killed terrorists are identified as Arbaaz Mir and Shahid Sheikh of Pulwama linked with the proscribed terror outfit LeT. Both the terrorists had earlier escaped from recent encounters, he said.
A police spokesman said acting on specific input regarding movement of terrorists a joint Naka of Police and Army (62RR) was established near Court crossing Budgam.
“During area domination, the joint party signalled a suspected vehicle (sumo) bearing registration number JK04B-6771 to stop, however, the terrorists onboard jumped from the vehicle and started firing indiscriminately on the joint party which was retaliated effectively, leading to an encounter,” he said.
The police spokesman said during the brief shoot-out, two terrorists linked with the proscribed terrorist outfit LeT were neutralized.
They were later identified as Arbaaz Ahmad Mir resident of PutrigamRajpora and Shahid Ahmad Sheikh resident of KisrigamKakapora.
As per police records, both the killed terrorists were categorized terrorists and part of groups involved in several terror crime cases.
It is pertinent to mention that both the terrorists escaped earlier from the recent encounter in Budgam.
The police spokesman said both terrorists were tasked to carry out some sensational terror incident in Budgam district ahead of the forthcoming Republic Day.
Meanwhile, police recovered incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 AK-47 rifle, 01 pistol from the site of encounter.
“All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation,” he said.
The spokesman said in this regard, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and an investigation has been initiated.