This is a representational image (Pic credit: ANI) SRINAGAR : Security forces killed two terrorists Tuesday in a seek-and-kill operation in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, part of an intensified sweep following a rise in attacks across the valley since an elected govt took office in J&K after six years in mid-Oct. “The slain terrorists’ identities have not yet been confirmed and forces are conducting a mop-up operation in the area,” an official said. Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha vowed that those targeting civilians “won’t go unpunished” and warned that houses of people sheltering terrorists would be demolished.
“I have directed the forces not to harm any innocent, but the culprits will not be spared. If anyone provides shelter to terrorists, then his house will be razed to the ground,” he said at a function in Baramulla. As security forces targeted terrorists and their support networks, a man from Sopore, identified as Ashiq Hussain Wani, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being a “hybrid terrorist” — a term used for radicalised people who conduct attacks and then blend back into everyday life.
Police claimed to have seized a pistol and seven rounds of ammunition from him. Recent terrorist attacks have led to multiple casualties. On Oct 14, an ambush near Gulmarg in Baramulla killed two soldiers and two civilian porters.
In Shopian, a migrant worker from Bihar was fatally shot on Oct 18, followed by the murder of seven tunnel construction work.
