Srinagar, Sep 27: A total of 31 terrorists have been killed in joint operations in the Kashmir Valley this year so far, police said here on Wednesday.
A top police official quoted by news agency KNO said that the joint operations were carried out by the Army, Police, SSB, BSF, and CRFP at different places in the Kashmir Valley.
He said that this year, so far, a total of 31 terrorists have been killed in joint operations. “One terrorist was killed in a joint operation with the police, Army, and SSB; two terrorists were killed in joint operations with the police, Army, and BSF; five terrorists were killed in joint operations by the police, Army, and CRPF; and 23 terrorists were killed in joint operations by the police and Army,” he said.
Earlier this month, two terrorists, including top commander Uzair Khan, were killed during a 7-day-long operation in Kokernag, in which three officers, including a DySP, an Army Colonel, and a Major, were also killed.
The official further said that police and other security agencies have been dealing effectively with terror operatives, and in the past few months, several terror modules have been busted across the valley that have dented the support base of terrorists in the region.
