Kills Wanted Terrorists: LeT’s, commander Yousuf Kantroo and three other militants were killed in an encounter.
Lashkar-e-Taiba top commander, Yousuf Kantroo, was one of the most important surviving terrorists in the valley. On Thursday, He along with three other militants were killed in an encounter in the Baramulla district.
Kantroo had killed many civilians and security personnel. He was one of the top 10 most wanted terrorists in the valley according to the region’s police force. Kantroo’s death in the encounter is a major success for the security forces.
The police had got specific information about the location of the terrorists. The terrorist was reportedly hiding in the Kashmir Mahwah area in Baramulla. Security forces did a search operation thereupon receiving the information. This led to an encounter in which three terrorists were killed. This included the most wanted terrorist Kantroo.
“Kantroo earlier had joined as an OGW of HM (Hizbul Mujahideen) outfit and was arrested in 2005. He was released in 2008, but he again joined terrorist ranks in 2017 and started killing innocent civilians, policemen and political workers. Later on, he switched from HM to LeT terror outfit” said a spokesman for the police.
The bodies were recovered; however, one body remains to be unidentified. Two more terrorists are in hiding and the search for them is ongoing. Vijay Kumar, the inspector general of police in Kashmir, congratulated the team who carried out the anti-terror encounter.
Kills Wanted Terrorists
Published by- NIKITA GOSWAMI
