A total of 31 terrorists have been killed in joint operations in the Kashmir Valley this year so far, police said here on Wednesday.
A top police official said that the joint operations were carried out by Army, Police, SSB, BSF and CRFP at different places in the Kashmir Valley.
He said that this year so far a total of 31 terrorists have been killed in joint operations.
“One terrorist was killed in joint operation with Police, Army & SSB, 2 terrorists were killed in joint ops with Police, Army & BSF, 5 terrorists were killed in joint ops by Police, Army & CRPF and 23 terrorists were killed in joint ops by Police & Army,” he said.
Earlier, this month two terrorists including top commander Uzair Khan was killed during 7-day long operation in Kokernag, in which 3 officers including a DySP, Army Colonel and a Major were also killed.
The official further said that police and other security agencies have been dealing effectively with terror operatives and in the past few months several terror modules have been busted across the Valley that have dented support base of terrorists in the region.
In last month, a total of four terrorists were killed and 40 apprehended while a total of eight terrorists were killed and 34 apprehended.
The data further reveals that a total of 111 terrorists are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir, including 40 local terrorists and 71 foreign terrorists. As per the data, 137 terrorists were active in Jammu and Kashmir last year.—(KNO inputs)
