Security forces arrested three terrorists, foiling a terrorist plot of serial target killing during Eid in Sopore in North Kashmir and summer capital Srinagar.

All three have been apprehended in Haigam, Sopore in North Kashmir and they belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba’s hit squad The Resistance Front (TRF).

Giving information about the whole matter, a police spokesman said that news was received this evening that three terrorists were going from Sopore to Srinagar.

These three terrorists are trying to implement the conspiracy of target killing some special people apart from panchayat representatives on the auspicious occasion of Eid in Sopore and Srinagar.

To catch them, the police, along with the 29 RR of the army, put up special blocks on certain routes.

These nakas were put up on the inner roads which act as connectivity between Sopore-Srinagar.

On Monday night, around 8 o’clock, the soldiers sitting near Haigam saw three youths passing through an orchard.

The soldiers immediately challenged them and asked them to stop and reveal their identities.

On hearing the cries of the soldiers, all three stopped and then started running backward in the garden with great speed.

The soldiers chased the trio, alerting all the nearby Naka parties and creating a blockade. Within no time all the three terrorists were caught.

They have been identified as Tehfeem Riaz, Seerat Shahbaz Mir, and Rameez Ahmed Khan. Three pistols, cartridges, and other accessories were recovered from the trio.

During initial interrogation, all three told that they were on a mission to execute the conspiracy to kill panchayat representatives and workers of other states.

The interrogation of the three was going on till late in the night. Other details are awaited.

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The Director General of Police (DGP) of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbagh Singh said on Saturday that the terrorists involved in the Sopore attack and their organization (Lashkar) have been identified.

Soon they will be punished for their actions.

Tribute paid to martyr policemen.

The DGP was interacting with journalists after paying tributes to the police personnel martyred in the attack in a soulful ceremony.

Dilbag Singh said that a contingent of policemen from Sopore police station had gone to Armpora for COVID duty and was attacked there.

He said that here in Kashmir, the police and other security forces are working in extremely unfavorable and dangerous conditions.

Our responsibility is such that we have to work many times while in danger. It is our endeavor that whoever has been involved in this incident should be punished as per law as soon as possible.

Security forces dominate terrorists.

On the question regarding the recent increase in terrorist violence in the valley, he said that the police and other security agencies are completely dominating the terrorists.

The situation in the plaintiff is under control. Terrorists sometimes do some sensational acts to make their presence felt.

If the situation is assessed, you yourself will feel that instead of increasing, terrorist violence is continuously decreasing.

Soon peace and normalcy will be fully restored in the plaintiffs.

Due to the situation arising out of Covid, the security forces had reduced their counter-terrorist operations, but now they are being accelerated once again.

He said that soon the remaining terrorists in the Kashmir Valley will be eliminated.

Although all meaningful efforts will continue from the police and security forces to connect the misguided youth with the main stream, but terrorist incidents will not be tolerated.

Soon peace and normalcy will be fully restored in the plaintiffs. Earlier, he paid tribute to the martyr policemen.

Sopore police station in-charge transferred.

Sopore police station in-charge Azim Iqbal has been removed after the terrorist attack on Saturday in Sopore.

In his place, the police administration has appointed Inspector Khalid Fayaz as the station in-charge of Sopore. Azim Iqbal has been asked to report to the South Kashmir Police Range.

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