New Delhi: The highest LeT commander Uzair Khan was eradicated within the Anantnag encounter, and his weapon was recovered, stated ADGP Police Vijay Kumar. He additionally stated that one other militant’s physique was discovered on the website. The operation has ended, however the search remains to be on. ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar stated that the anti-terror operation at Anantnag was not over but and that many areas had been nonetheless to be searched. He requested the general public to avoid the positioning. He stated that they’d details about two or three terrorists and that they’d killed the LeT Commander and recovered his physique. He stated that they’d additionally seen one other physique and that they had been trying to find the third one.
Speaking to reporters, Kumar stated that Uzair Khan, who was concerned within the killing of a military Colonel, Main and a DySP on the primary day of the gunfight. “Uzair Khan has been killed and his physique has been retrieved. There’s one other physique of terrorists mendacity on the bottom. We had details about the presence of two to 3 terrorists within the space,” he stated
Requested whether or not the operation has been referred to as off, he stated that search operation will stay on kind some. “I urge the locals to not go nearer to the encounter website as unexploded grenades or shells might trigger hurt to them,” he stated. On whole casualties from the safety forces aspect, the ADGP stated: “Three officers, two from military and one from police apart from a soldier had been killed within the encounter.”
Northern military commander Lt Common Upendera Divwedi had additionally visited the spot and reviewed the operation. The military and police had pressed on the newest devices together with Heron, Hexacopter , drones, quad copters, RPGs, grenades, and drone-fitted weapons to remove the terrorists. The operation was greatest within the Kashmir because it took safety forces seven days to remove the terrorists.
In the meantime, a soldier who had been reported lacking since Wednesday was discovered useless, the Indian Military officers stated on Monday. In keeping with the Military officers, Sepoy Pradeep Singh, aged 27 years, has been lacking since September 13 and was discovered useless at round 5 pm on Monday. He was a part of the Kokernag operations.