After 4-day search, body of LeT terrorist fished out of stream in Srinagar
Divers from the navy were arranged to look for the terrorist’s body inside the Sukhnag stream, said police.
Body of a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was recovered by security forces from Sukhnag stream in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, four days after he was injured in an encounter with the forces.
On September 7, said a police spokesperson, acting on information about the presence of terrorists in Kawoosa area of Budgam, police and security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area.
“During the search operation the terrorist fired upon the search party which was retaliated. However, after a brief gunfight, one terrorist who had received bullet injury escaped from the spot and jumped into Sukhnag Nala,” said the spokesperson. Read | Two Indian Army personnel injured in LoC explosion
The army and police have been searching the area since then. Even divers from the navy were arranged to look for the terrorist’s body inside the Sukhnag stream, said police.
A senior police officer said that the dead body of a terrorist was recovered from the stream at Kawoosa Budgam. “H…