Terrorist who murdered bank manager in daylight, neutralised in J&K’s Shopian

New Delhi: In a major success for the security forces, the terrorist who gunned down a bank manager inside the office premises, was eliminated on Wednesday.

The security forces had lauched a massive hunt for the terrorist after ghastly murder in broad daylight left the nation in shock. After cornering the terrorists in Shopian district today, the security personnel gunned down 2 terrorits after a fierce encounter.

“One of the slain ultras was involved in killing of a bank manager in Kulgam earlier this month,” J&K police tweeted today.

According to Kashmir police, the terrorists killed in the encounter have been identified as Jan Mohammad Lone & his associate Tufail Gunai. Both of them belonged to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

#ShopianEncounterUpdate: One of the killed #terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of #Shopian. Besides other #terror crimes, he was involved in recent killing of Vijay Kumar, Bank manager on 2/6/22 in #Kulgam district: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/ltyIDWSGQj

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 14, 2022

“Jan Mohd Lone was apparently involved in the killing of bank manager on June 2 in Kulgam district,” reported a leading daily quoting DGP Dilbagh Singh.

Vijay Kumar, hailing from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, was a young recruit in the banking services and was posted as bank manager in Kulgam district. On June 2, a terrorist came looking for him and shot him dead inside the office, the video of which also surfaced, creating huge anger & outrage.

Reports suggest that another enocunter is underway in Kulgam’s Kujar vilage, where security forces have cornerd a terrorist suspected of role in targeted killing of school teacher Rajni Bala. The 36-year-old was shot dead by terrorists in the Gopalpara area of Kulgam on June 8.