5 terrorists killed in BIG Pulwama, Budgam ops: 10 things to know

Four JeM terrorists were killed in the encounter in Naira area of Pulwama, while one ultra of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in Budgam district. 

New Delhi: Five terrorists including a top self-styled commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed in two separate overnight encounters in Pulwama and Budgam districts of the Kashmir valley, the officials informed on Sunday (January 30). 

1. a joint press conference IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, and GoC of the army's Victor Force, Major General Prashant Srivastava informed that gunfights broke out on Saturday in Pulwama and Budgam districts after the security forces received specific inputs about the presence of terrorists.

2. Four JeM terrorists were killed in the encounter in Naira area of Pulwama, while one ultra of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in Chrar-i-Sharief area of the central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said. One AK56 rifle was recovered from the encounter site in Budgam.