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Budgam Operation
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Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist killed during Budgam operation

| @indiablooms | Aug 09, 2021, at 01:09 am

Budgam: Security forces killed a terrorist of the proscribed terror outfit Al-Badr during an operation conducted in Budgam on Saturday.

Another terrorist belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba group was arrested during a separate operation in Awantipora region.

“During the search operation, as the presence of terrorists got ascertained, they were given an opportunity to surrender. However, instead of surrendering, they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which led to an encounter,” read a press release by the police as quoted by ANI.

“In the ensuing encounter, one terrorist of the proscribed terror outfit Al-Badr was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of the encounter. He has been identified as Shakir Bashir Dar, the son of Bashir Ahmad Dar and a resident of Goripora in Awantipora,” it added.

As per the police records, the killed terrorist was part of groups involved in various terror crime cases and several terror crime cases were registered against him. Shakir Bashir was earlier working as a terrorist associate with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and joined the terror folds of proscribed terror outfit Al-Badr recently.

Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including 1 AK-rifle with 02 Magazines, 32 rounds, 1 Chinese pistol with 2 Magazines, 16 rounds, a Bag-pack and a Pouch were recovered from the site of encounter, reports ANI.

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