Indian security forces eliminated three terrorists of so-called The Resistance Front (TRF), including Muqtar Shah, suspected to be the killer of Virender Paswan a non-local street hawker in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday (October 12) and this was confirmed by Kashmir IGP Vijay Kumar.
3 Lashkar e Taiba (#LeT #TRF) terrorists including Muqtar Shah suspected to be the killer of Virender Paswan, hand cart golgappa vendor from Bhagalpur in Bihar, neutralized in the Joint operation by @JmuKmrPolice @adgpi & @crpfindia. Need to neutralise terror enabling ecosystem. https://t.co/e3b7MDBGpC
— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) October 12, 2021
The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Tulran, Imamsahab area of Shopian, in South Kashmir on Monday evening, after receiving specific intelligene inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said and in the ensuing gunfight, three terrorists were killed, the official said.
According to the police, TRF is a front for the banned Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
“#ShopianEncounterUpdate: 03 #terrorists of LeT (TRF) killed. Identification being ascertained. #Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered. Search going on. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir Zone Police wrote on its Twitter handle.
“#ShopianEncounterUpdate: Out of 03 killed #terrorists, one terrorist has been identified as Mukhtar Shah of #Ganderbal, who shifted to #Shopian after killing one street hawker Virendra Paswan of Bihar,” the Kashmir Zone Police quoted the IGP as having said.
Paswan was shot dead in the Hawal on October 5 after famous chemist M L Bindroo was killed near his pharmacy.
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