J&K: 1 Terrorist Killed In Encounter In Kulgam, Arms Recovered

One terrorist was gunned down during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

According to the details, the gunfight was reported from Kulgam district.

Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir Police had confirmed that one Army jawan was injured in the encounter.

"01 local #terrorist neutralised. Identification and affiliation being ascertained. Incriminating material including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on. Further details shall follow," the Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency conducted a series of raids across four districts in Kashmir on Monday as part of its probe into an alleged conspiracy involving newly-floated offshoots of proscribed Pakistan-backed terror outfits to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir.

"Twelve locations in the four districts of Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian, and Pulwama were raided as part of the crackdown. The locations were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers linked with newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of banned terrorist outfits. Premises of sympathisers and cadre of these organisations were also searched extensively," the NIA said in a press release.

The agency said it has found several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data during the searches.

"These will be subjected to a thorough scrutiny by the agency to unravel the details of the terrorist conspiracy, which the NIA started investigating a year ago after registering a suo moto case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) on June 21, 2022," it added.

The newly-floated terror outfits being probed by the premier investigating agency include The Resistance Front, the United Liberation Front Jammu and Kashmir, the Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind, the Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Fighters, the Kashmir Tigers and the PAAF.

These outfits are affiliated to Pakistan-backed organisations, such as Laskhar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Badr and Al-Qaeda, which have been banned by the government of India.