Srinagar/ Nov 19: Four terrorists of the Jaish-e-Muhammad terror outfit were killed in Jammu on Thursday morning by the Indian security forces. These slain Jaish terrorists were planning a big attack in the coming days.
Inspector General of Police Jammu range Mukesh Singh said that a newly infiltrated group of four terrorists were killed at Ban Toll Plaza near Nagrota on the Srinagar-Jammu highway after a truck in which they were travelling was intercepted at a checkpoint. He said that the truck driver managed to flee from the spot while security forces recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition that include 11 AK 47 riffles and 29 grenades.
Addressing a press conference, IGP Jammu Mukesh Singh said that ever since the announcement for the District Development Council (DDC), police had been receiving inputs about a possible infiltration bid in Jammu. “We had kept our all teams deployed at naka points. There were intelligence inputs that militants may sneak in along with large quantity of arms and ammunition,” said Mukesh Singh, IGP Jammu.
He explained that at around 5 AM, a truck was stopped and when it was searched, the driver stepped out and fled. “During the search of the vehicle, the hiding militants opened a heavy volume of fire that was retaliated. The encounter lasted for three hours. Two policemen sustained injuries and both are now stable,” he said.
IGP Jammu also said that four unidentified terrorists were killed in the gunfight. “All the slain (terrorists) were carrying large quantity of arms and ammunition with them. This is the first in the past few years that such a large quantity of weapons were recovered from the slain terrorists —11 AK riffles, 29 grenades (apart from those lobbed at forces), three pistols, pouches, mobile phones and other incriminating material,” IGP Jammu said.
Asked about the motive of terrorists, the IGP said that given the quantity of weapons recovered from the slain terrorists, it seems that the group had infiltrated recently and were “planning something very big.” “But their plan stands foiled,” he said, adding that the operation was carried out jointly by police, CRPF and the army. “The sanitization operation is still on and identity and the affiliation of slain militants is being ascertained,” he said.
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