At least four terrorists were killed and one captured alive on Friday in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K Police confirmed that terrorists have been killed in the encounter in Kiloora area of the district.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kiloora area of Shopian district in south Kashmir, following specific information about the presence of terrorists, a police spokesperson said.
According to the police, the militants were involved in abduction and killing of a panch, whose body was recovered from an orchard in Shopian, as well as abduction of an Army man who is still missing.
Of the four terrorists gunned down, one was identified as Shakoor Ahmed Parray, founder and district commander of Al Badr terrorist group. A second terrorist was identified as Suhail Bhat, who had abducted and killed the sarpanch of Khanmoh.
The Army, however, claimed that Bhat had surrendered before the security forces. Albadar Mujahideen commander Shakoor Parray, who was a police deserter, was among those gunned down by the security personnel.
Shakoor, according to the IG, was a Special Police Officer and promoted as constable. He had deserted the police rank in January 2016 and joined militant ranks.
All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror crimes. There was no injury to civilians or loss of property during the said encounter.