93 militants killed in J&K this year
Srinagar: In less than six months, the govt forces have managed to eliminate 93 militants in Jammu and Kashmir including a number of top militant leaders.
“Till today morning, 93 militants have been killed by the forces in Jammu and Kashmir. In the last two days, nine militants have been killed in the valley without any own fatal casualty,” Army sources said here.
The operations against militant groups and their leadership are continuing in both the hinterland as well as on the Line of Control in counter-infiltration operations.
Top militant leaders killed include Riyaz Naikoo and Junaid Sehrai along with many foreign militants belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba, and The Resistance Front.
The joint forces had suffered a major loss in counter-infiltration operations in Keran sector last month when five Para SF men were killed while eliminating five militants who had sneaked into India.
In another operation, a Colonel and three other Army men had been killed in a close gunfight in Handwara around the same time in May.
“But in the last few operations, there has not been a single own fatal casualty,” the sources said.
The number of gunfights in the Kashmir Valley is expected to rise in the coming days as the militants would try to infiltrate from Pakistan Administered Kashmir in view of the melting snow.
(ANI)
