J&K: LeT Terrorist Killed In Encounter With Security Forces In Shopian's Turkwangam Area

A police official said that the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon the forces, who retaliated.

J&K: Visual from the Turkwangam area of Shopian. Operation in progress. (ANI Photo)

New Delhi: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Turkwangam area of Shopian district in south Kashmir during the night after receiving inputs about the presence of terrorists there, news agency PTI reported a police official as saying.

According to a police spokesperson, the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon the forces, who retaliated.

"As the search team proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon them which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter," he said. as quoted by PTI.

J&K | An encounter has started in the Turkwangam area of Shopian. Operation in progress.

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In the ensuing encounter, one terrorist was killed and his body was retrieved from the site.

The slain ultra has been identified as Muneeb Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Tak Mohalla Shopian. Sheikh was affiliated with the LeT.

"According to police records, the killed terrorist was part of groups involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on police/security forces and civilian atrocities," the spokesman said.

Incriminating materials, arms, and ammunition, including a Chinese pistol, a magazine, and five rounds, were recovered from the site of the encounter, PTI reported.

(With Agency Inputs)