Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander Sajjad Afghani was killed in the Shopian encounter.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir):
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander Sajjad Afghani was killed in the Shopian encounter that restarted on Monday.
Police said two terrorists have been killed in the operation.
#ShopianEncounterUpdate: 01 more #unidentified#terrorist killed (Total 02). Search going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolicehttps://t.co/Rh2bbcNass
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) March 15, 2021
One AK-47 rifle with a UBL shell and one USA-made rifle’s M-4 carbine was recovered from the site of the encounter.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Monday congratulated Shopian Police and security forces on killing Afghani.
IGP Kashmir #congratulates Shopian police & SFs for #eliminating JeM commander #terrorist Sajjad Afghani in Shopian #encounter. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) March 15, 2021
The police said that Afghani had been involved in the recruitment of youth into terrorism.
The encounter had restarted in the Rawalpora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday. It had broken out on March 13 and one terrorist was gunned down during the operation.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday identified the terrorist as Jahangir Ahmad Wani, a resident of Rakh Narapora of Shopian, who was affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
According to the Shopian Police, a joint cordon and search operation was launched on Saturday night by the police, 34 Rashtriya Rifles, and 14 Battalion of CRPF in the said area.
Jahangir Ahmad Wani was active since September last year and was involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities.