NEW DELHI: Security forces will “take some time” to identify the terrorists neutralised in the anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, a senior police officer said on Monday.“Operation is still continuing. As per the interior reports, three bodies have been observed and seem to be neutralised. It will take us some time for identification, and parties are still inside,” IGP Kashmir Zone, Vidhi Kumar Birdi, told reporters.
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Birdi’s statement came amid reports that the terrorists were involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack, in which 25 tourists and a local – all men – were shot dead.Earlier, the Indian Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps announced the launch of the operation, later confirming that three terrorists had been killed.Here’s what we know so far:
- The encounter broke out in the Harwan area near the Dachigam National Park of the Union territory’s summer capital.
- The anti-terror operation has been named “Operation Mahadev.”
- The gunfight took place on a day when the Lok Sabha is holding a debate on Operation Sindoor, India’s retaliatory military strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- The Indian Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command praised the Chinar Corps for their swift and precise action. Lieutenant general Pratik Sharma, the Northern Command chief, congratulated the forces for “neutralising three terrorists” and reiterated the Army’s commitment to a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir.