Pulwama encounter: 3 terrorists killed; 5 security personnel martyred

India’s counter-offensive against Pakistan is continuing since the Pulwama terror attack. A joint team of security forces and J&K police have eliminated three terrorists in an encounter in Pulwama on Monday. Sources say among the three terrorists killed was a conspirator of the Pulwama terror attack. Five security personnel were martryed in the gunfight. India has turned on the heat on Pakistan since the Pulwama terror attack executed by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to action at a joint press conference with Argentian President Mauricio Macri. Yet another indication that India will make perpetrators of Pulwama terror attack pay a heavy price.

India has been hitting back measure by measure since the Pulwama attack on Thursday. The latest retaliation was the killing of Kamran, the Jaish-e-Mohammad commander who masterminded the attack on the CRPF convoy.

He and two more terroristS were killed in an encounter with security forces. Based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in Pinglena area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

A cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Police and security forces on Sunday night in the area. As the searches were going on, terrorists from inside the target house fired indiscriminately on the search party.

In the initial burst of fire four army jawans and one civilian sustained critical gun shot injuries. They were evacuated to hospital for medical attention. Consequently , four injured jawans attained martyrdom and the civilian also succumbed to his injuries.

A Head Constable was also martyred in the encounter. The martyred security personnel have been identified as Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, Hawaldar Sheo Ram, Sepoy Hari Singh, Sepoy Ajay Kumar….and Head Constable Abdul Rashid.

DIG South Kashmir Amit Kumar was injured in the encounter. In retaliatory fire, two terrorists were killed and their bodies retrieved.

Top official sources confirmed that Kamran was a conspirator of the convoy attack. The second terrorist has been identified as Hilal Ahmed Naik alias Rashid a local terrorist.

Even as the encounter was underway, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the forces for their high morale.
With India continuing its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan…Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh has said that Pakistan has been isolated internationally after the Pulwama terror attack…

He said any war-like or punitive action…. must be planned…which is a cold act ..not done in haste…

Calling for patience and support for forces…he pointed to how even Osama Bin Laden was not killed in a day despite the fact that USA had known he was hidden in Pakistan…

The Pulwama encounter on Monday was yet another answer by India to the worst terror attack in the Valley last Thursday….

India has already withdrawn Most Favoured Nation status from Pakistan.

It has increased basic customs duty on all products imported by India from Pakistan to 200%…withdrawn security cover and other govt facilities to separatists in the Valley….and is preparing to present a dossier to Paris-based Financial Action Task Force to blacklist Pakistan over terrorism funding….

Pakistan is currently on the FATF grey list.

Being put on the black list will further hit Pakistan’s struggling economy.

India is taking punitive measures against Pakistan…in a build up to an effective retaliation by the security forces….to the Pakistani provocation.