Two Al-Badr militants were killed in a night-long anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Thursday and explosives were found on a highway in Jammu and defused.
“The killed persons were identified as local terrorists Aijaz Hafiz and Shahid Ayub. Two AK-47 rifles were recovered. Both belong to Al-Badr. They had been involved in a series of attacks on outside labourers in Pulwama in March-April 2022,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said.
The militants were encircled in Mitrigam during a joint cordon and search operation launched by the Army and police around 3 p.m. on Wednesday.