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Jammu and Kashmir police identify Budgam encounter victim as Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba member

From Hindustan Times · () English

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Newswire Official statement Outcome reported
  • Jammu and Kashmir police identified the man killed in Friday’s Budgam encounter as Yasir, a Pakistani national affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
  • Security forces launched Operation Ashdar after receiving information about terrorist movement in Budgam’s forest areas.
  • The operation involved the army, police and CRPF and followed several months of relative calm in the Valley.

Jammu and Kashmir police identified the terrorist killed in Friday’s encounter in Budgam district as Yasir, a Pakistani national and member of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The police said Yasir was killed during Operation Ashdar. “You can run but you can’t hide! The terrorist neutralised during Op Ashdar has been identified as Yasir, a Pakistani national of Lashkar-e-Taiba,” the police said in a post on X.

The army, police and Central Reserve Police Force launched a joint operation in the forests of Budgam after receiving information about terrorist movement. Security forces carried out a search and cordon operation, during which they made contact with the terrorists and killed one of them.

Srinagar-based 15 Corps named the mission Operation Ashdar. The encounter came after a lull of several months in the Valley. The article also noted that security forces killed another terrorist in a joint operation in Chanapora, Shopian, on July 8.

You can run but you can’t hide! The terrorist neutralised during Op Ashdar has been identified as Yasir, a Pakistani national of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

· Jammu and Kashmir PolicePolice identified the man killed during the Budgam operation in a post on X.
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