Two militants killed in South Kashmir’s Shopian

Wednesday, 15 June 2022newsdesk

Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including one responsible for the killing of a bank manager from Rajasthan, have been gunned down in an overnight gunfight in South Kashmir’s Shopian, according to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday.

New Delhi, 15 June 2022

“ShopianEncounterUpdate: One of the killed terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of Shopian. Besides other terror crimes, he was involved in recent killing of Vijay Kumar, Bank manager on 2/6/22 in Kulgam district,” J-K Police said in a tweet while quoting Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar. As per news report of The Indian Express, a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Indian Army, and paramilitary forces cordoned off Kanjullar village of South Kashmir’s Shopian during the intervening night of June 14 and 15 after getting inputs about the presence of militants in the village.

Source -The Indian Express