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Jammu-Kashmir: A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora area in the early hours of Tuesday. The encounter comes two days after terrorists shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit. Kashmir Zone Police on Twitter said, “An encounter has started at Padgampora Awantipora in Pulwama district. Police and security forces are on duty.
#AwantiporaEncounterUpdate: 01 #terrorist killed. Body of the killed terrorist yet to be retrieved. #Encounter in progress. Further details shall follow.@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/2Wl6bIhYZH
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) February 27, 2023
“One terrorist was killed in the encounter,” Jammu and Kashmir Police said in an update on the operation against the terrorists. However, his body is yet to be recovered.” The encounter is ongoing. Further information is awaited. According to sources, the slain terrorist may be involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma. At the same time, there is news of two army jawans being injured.
On February 26, terrorists shot Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, he was admitted to the hospital in an injured condition, where the doctors declared him dead.
It was reported by the Kashmir Zone Police that the terrorists fired at a minority named Sanjay Sharma. He was a resident of Achan in Pulwama district. Sanjay was going to the local market when this incident was carried out. Sanjay Sharma is a bank security guard by profession. The area has been cordoned off and the terrorists are being hunted. Terrorist organization TRF has claimed responsibility for this attack. The deceased Sanjay Sharma is said to be a bank employee. His age was about 40 years.
After the murder of Sanjay Sharma, the police said that the armed forces have been deployed in his village and the area has been cordoned off. This was the first attack on a member of a minority community in Kashmir this year. Last year, militants carried out nearly 30 attacks on civilians, killing 18 people, including three Kashmiri Pandits, a bank manager from Rajasthan, a woman teacher from Jammu and eight non-local workers.
