Srinagar: Army on Thursday said that 61 militants have been killed in various anti-militancy operations in Kashmir since January this year.
“A total of 61 militants have been killed by the armed forces in Kashmir this year”, defence spokesman in Srinagar, Lieutenant Colonel Emron Musavi told Kashmir News Observer. He said that figure includes the three militants killed recently in a military operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
During the last three days, five militants, including a top LeT commander, were killed in two separate encounters in Kashmir valley. A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and a Pakistani militant were on Tuesday killed while three CRPF personnel were injured in an operation at Maloora in Srinagar outskirts. On Wednesday, three TRF militants were on Wednesday killed and two Army personnel were injured in a military operation that ensued after armed forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar earlier this week said that militants are targeting off-duty policemen and civilians to create a fear psychosis among the masses in the valley.
Kumar said there the militant module operations in Srinagar city also including a sleeper cell, which carries out attacks and then again go back to living a normal life.
“Tracking a full-time militant is easy, but it is difficult to keep a tab on the militants working in the sleeper cell,” he said.
However, Kumar said that police have intensified its surveillance grid and will soon bust the militant modules.
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