Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists arrested from Sopore; rocket launcher grenades recovered

On Tuesday, one terrorist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Updated: June 30, 2016 9:17 AM IST

By India.com News Desk

Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists arrested from Sopore; rocket launcher grenades recovered

Baramulla, June 30: Two suspected terrorists were arrested from Sopore district in Baramulla area Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning. Arms and ammunition including two rocket launcher grenades were recovered from them. Identity of the terrorists have not been revealed yet.

On Tuesday, one terrorist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Earlier eight CRPF personnel and two terrorists were killed in Pampore. (ALSO READ-Pampore encounter: Five CRPF jawan martyred, two terrorists neutralised)

As per a Times of India‘s report, at least 60 terrorists have corss the border and are belived to launch attacks in India. Out of which three of them are belived to be suicide attackers who have entered the valley.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to take firsthand stock of security situation in the Kashmir Valley ahead of the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra, IANS reported. Singh had earlier taken review of the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir at a high level meeting in New Delhi.

A report will be submitted to the ministry on the Pampore attack in which eight CRPF troopers were killed and 22 injured in the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on June 25. Directors general of CRPF and BSF will also be present during the Home Minister’s visit.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) busted a suspected ISIS terror module in Hyderabad on Wednesday and detained 11 members.

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