Srinagar: Top commander and a Pakistani among five militants affiliated with outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-i-Taiba were killed in twin overnight military operations in Pulwama and Budgam districts on Sunday.
In a tweet by the official Police handle, the Kashmir Zone Police while Quoting Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar wrote, “05 militants of Pakistan sponsored militant outfits LeT & JeM killed in dual encounters in last 12 hours. JeM commander militant Zahid Wani & a Pakistani militant among the killed. Big success for us”.
Police said that besides top commander Zahid Wani, a Pakistani militant identifying him as Kafeel @Chotu was killed in Pulwama operation. Both were affiliated with JeM. Kafeel was active since 2020 in Pulwama-Shopian Belt, the police added.
On Saturday evening two military operations started back to back in Naira area of Pulwama and Charar-i-Shareef area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district between militants and armed forces.
Four militants of JeM including top commander Zahid Wani were killed in Naira area of Pulwama while one LeT militant was killed in Charar-i-Shareef area of Budgam, an official added.
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