An unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in J&K’s Bandipora district on Tuesday.

Officials said the terrorist was killed during an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Ketsun forest of Bandipora district.

“The operation is still ongoing in the area. The identity of the slain terrorist will be established once the encounter is over,” the officials said.

Since an elected government took office in J&K, terrorists have increased their activities as intelligence agencies believe that terror handlers across the border in Pakistan were frustrated by the large turnout in J&K’s peaceful elections.

On November 2, a senior LeT commander identified as Usman Bhai alias Chota Waleed from Pakistan was killed after a day-long battle in old Srinagar city, Khanyar area.

Two local policemen and two CRPF troopers were injured in the gunfight in Khanyar.

Last month, terrorists killed six workers of an infrastructure project company and a local doctor in Gagangir area of ​​Ganderbal district. Workers were constructing a tunnel from Gagangir to the tourist resort of Sonamarg to make Srinagar-Sonamarg an all-weather road and generate economic growth and employment in the area. Among those killed in the Gagangir attack are six non-local workers and a doctor belonging to Budgam district.

Later, terrorists killed three army soldiers and two porters in Botapathri area of ​​Gulmarg in Baramulla district.

The terrorists also targeted non-local semi-skilled workers from Budgam districts of Shopian Assembly District. Although the terrorist targets escaped with minor injuries.

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has given clear orders to the police and other security forces to go after terrorists, their hideouts, sympathizers and overground workers (OGWs).

The emergence of terror attacks in places that were so far believed to be free of militancy has been a worrisome development for the security forces as a single terror-related incident disturbs the tranquility that has been painstakingly achieved by the security forces.

(Except for the headline, this story, from a syndicated feed, has not been edited by Odishatv.in staff)

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