In yet another successful joint operation by the security forces, a group of three terrorists headed by a dreaded Hizbul Mujahideen commander Waseem Ahmad Wani along with Adil Bashir, former Special Police Officer of J&K police, who decamped with seven AK-47 rifles and a pistol belonging to security guards of a former PDP MLA, Aijaz Ahmad Mir, were killed in Wachi area of Shopian on Monday.
Since January 1, eight terrorists have been killed in four successful operations in Kashmir valley.
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, DGP Dilbagh Singh said, “three terrorists were gunned down by the security forces in a successful operation in Shopian district on Monday”. DGP said, the killed terrorists have been identified as Waseem Ahmad Wani resident of Wurpora Nagbal Shopian, Adil Bashir Sheikh resident of Zainapora Shopian and Hidayatullah Malik resident of Sharadpora Shopian.
DGP said, the killed terrorists as per police records were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and were wanted by law for their complicity in terror crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities.
Briefing media persons Dilbagh Singh said, “HM Commander Waseem and Adil Bashir were both involved in killing of four police personnel and four civilians in the area”. He said, a total number of 19 FIR’s were registered against Waseem Ahmad Wani.
As per police records,Wani had a history of terror crime records since 2017.
Similarly Adil Bashir as per police records had a history of terror crime records since 2018. He was involved in many terror attacks and civilian atrocities.
He was involved in case FIR No 57/2018 pertaining to the decamping of weapons from Jawahar Nagar area. He was part of groups involved in killing of civilian Nadeem Manzoor at Safnagri, killing of four policemen at guard post in Zainapora, killing of 02 civilians Ilyas Khan & Zahid Khan at Chittragam Shopian and killing of civilian Irfan Hamid Lone of Zainapora for which case FIR No 25/2019 stands registered. Several other terror crime cases were also registered against him including case FIR numbers 12/2019, 23/2019, 25/2019, 27/2019, 39/2019, 49/2019, 56/2019, 61/2019, 62/2019, 01/2020 of PS Zainapora.
Before joining police ranks in 2017, Adil was a stone-pelter and was having links with terrorists,official sources said.
The third terrorist, Hidayatullah Malik, as per police records was also involved in terror attacks and other crimes in the area.
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh- IPS, Monday chaired a meeting to review security arrangements to ensure incident free Republic day celebrations.
During the meeting IGP directed the officers to carry out intensive foot patrolling and surveillance of the areas in and around the M.A. Stadium Jammu to prevent any terror strike.
On the border management front, IGP stressed upon the DIG JSK Range and district SSP Jammu, to lay joint security check points on all the infiltration routes and also on the roads originating from border and touching national highway. He also stressed on checking of hotels and other lodgements’ on regular basis, setting up of joint nakas in border areas so that ANE/ASE trying to sneak in the city are intercepted in border area.
