“Two or three militant attacks don’t impact schools, tourism, yatra or any economic activity in society. But stone pelting and any law and order related incident impact all routine activities. Terrorism doesn’t bother us as much as stone pelting…we will deal with it strictly,” Kumar said during a news conference in Srinagar on Monday.
The IG also informed about the killing of four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Shopian during an encounter. One AK-47 rifle and three pistols were found from the spot. “We tried to convince them to surrender and even got family members at the spot, but they didn’t relent and opened fire,” he said. The slain militants Rayees, Amir, Raqib and Aftab had joined the LeT between October 2020 and February this year. Kumar said that they claimed to be part of Lashkar-e-Islam, a front of organizations like LeT.
According to police, 19 militants were killed in nine encounters across Kashmir this year till now and nine of them hailed from Shopian district of southern Kashmir. Four armed forces personnel were also killed in the same period.