LUCKNOW Three suspected ISI-backed pro-Khalistan terrorists, allegedly concerned within the grenade assault in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, had been gunned down in retaliatory firing throughout an encounter with the UP Particular Process Drive (STF) and Punjab Police in UP’s Sikh dominated Pilibhit district within the wee hours of Monday, stated UP DGP Prashant Kumar.
Police and safety personnel after three terror suspects, allegedly concerned within the grenade assault in Gurdaspur, had been killed in an encounter with a joint group of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police, in Pilibhit. (PTI Photograph)
The operation additionally resulted within the restoration of two AK rifles and two Glock pistols, signaling a big disruption of the module’s capability to trigger additional hurt, he stated.
The deceased had been recognized as Gurwinder Singh, 25, Virendra Singh alias Ravi, 23, and Jasan Preet Singh alias Pratap Singh, 18, all residents of Punjab’s Gurdaspur.
The trio, a part of the Pak-sponsored terror module of Khalistan Zindabad Drive (KZF), was hiding in Pilibhit after their involvement surfaced in a grenade assault on a police outpost in Gurdaspur on December 18, stated UP Police ADG (regulation and order) Amitabh Yash.
The operatives opened fireplace on cops after discovering themselves surrounded in Pilibhit. They had been injured in retaliatory firing by cops and rushed to an area hospital the place they succumbed to bullet wounds.
The police had been making an attempt to gather extra particulars about their whereabouts and establish Khalistani supporters, who offered them shelter in Pilibhit. The STF launched additional investigation to establish and dismantle the remaining components of this terror community, stated the ADG.
As many as 215 criminals and terrorists had been killed in police encounters in UP because the BJP got here to energy within the state in March 2017. Of those, not less than 54 had been killed in encounters with the STF whereas the remaining had been gunned down in encounters with completely different district police groups throughout the state.
UP DGP Prashant Kumar, in a put up on X, acknowledged, “In a resolute step towards ensuring national security, the UP Police, in collaboration with the Punjab Police, successfully neutralized a Pakistan-sponsored terror module of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF).
“This operation exemplifies UP Police’s zero tolerance policy against crime and criminals. There will be no place for terrorism within the country,” the UP police added of their official assertion.