Terrorists involved in Kulgam bank manager's murder identified, will be neutralised: IGP Kashmir

Srinagar, June 7: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said the terrorists involved in the killing of the bank manager in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district have been identified and will be neutralised soon.

The banker, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan and was working in Kulgam. The IGP Kashmir said, "In Vijay Kumar's murder case, terrorists have been identified. They'll soon be arrested/ neutralised."

The banker, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan and was working in Kulgam.

Condemning his killing, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had said the "coward terrorists will not be spared".

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The IGP Kashmir, while briefing about the recent civilian killings, said both terrorists involved in Kashmiri TV actor Amreen Bhat's murder case were identified and neutralised.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police said two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were involved in the killing of Amreen Bhat.

Talking of Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat's murder, the IGP said two terrorists had been involved in his killing, one of whom had been killed. "Two terrorists were involved in Rahul Bhat's murder -- one neutralised, one remains and we are after him," he said.

The banker, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan and was working in Kulgam.

On May 12, Rahul Bhat, a clerk, was murdered inside the tehsildar's office in Chadoora tehsil of Budgam district. People belonging to the Hindu community employed in Kashmir have staged a protest in Jammu and demanded the security for members of the Kashmiri Pandit community.

A 36-year-old migrant Kashmiri Pandit and high school teacher Rajni Bala was also shot dead by terrorists in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Notably, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists have been neutralised by security forces during an encounter in the Chaktaras Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara on Tuesday, of which one was from Pakistan. The Pakistani terrorist goes by the code name Tufail, whereas the second terrorist killed has been identified as Ishtiaq Lone from Tral.

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar

In another encounter in Sopore on Monday, one Pakistani terrorist affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed by the security forces.

As per the documents recovered from the killed Pakistani terrorist, he was identified as Hanzalla of Lahore, Pakistan. Earlier, a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) 'commander' was killed in an overnight encounter in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, the Jammu and Kashmir police said on June 4.

-PTC News