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In a important breakthrough successful counter-terror operations, information forces connected Friday (January 23, 2026) eliminated a apical Pakistani violent linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit successful an brushwood successful Kathua territory of Jammu and Kashmir, constabulary said.
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Inspector General of Police, Jammu range, Bhim Sen Tuti, said the violent was gunned down during a associated cognition successful Billawar town.
“A Pakistani Jaish violent has been neutralised by a tiny JKP (J&K Police) squad successful a associated cognition with the Army and CRPF successful the wide country of Billawar," the Jammu constabulary main said successful a station connected X.
Officials identified the deceased violent arsenic JeM commandant Usman alias ‘Abu Maviya’. They said a ample quantity of arms and ammunition, including an M4 automatic rifle, were recovered during the cognition successful a distant colony successful Parhetar area.
“Acting connected circumstantial quality inputs, Joint Operation was launched by Army and Police connected 23 Jan successful wide country Parhetar. Area was cordoned and interaction established. In a precise onslaught by the associated forces, 1 (one) overseas violent has been eliminated," Army's Rising Star Corps said successful a abstracted station connected X. It said the hunt operations are continuing.
The officials said Usman was 1 of the most-wanted JeM terrorists progressive successful the Udhampur-Kathua loop for the past mates of years aft infiltrating into India from crossed the border. He had escaped respective encounters successful the past, the latest being connected January 7 and 13 successful Kahog and Najote forests, respectively, they said. The officials said the associated hunt enactment raided a location but came nether occurrence from a hiding violent connected Friday (January 23, 2026) afternoon.
The hunt parties reacted swiftly and changeable him dormant successful adjacent combat. The brushwood lasted for a fewer minutes only, the officials said, terming the sidesplitting of the dreaded violent a large breakthrough for the information forces.
Meanwhile, information forces continued their anti-terror cognition to hunt down 3 JeM terrorists successful Sonnar, Mandral-Singhpora and adjoining wood areas successful Chatroo loop of Kishtwar territory for the sixth time connected Friday (January 23, 2026).
The cognition continued contempt snowfall successful the area, the officials said.
Named by the Army arsenic 'Operation Trashi-I', the cognition was launched successful the country connected Sunday (January 18), starring to a gunfight that near 1 paratrooper dormant and 7 soldiers injured, chiefly owed to splinter injuries caused by a abrupt grenade onslaught from the hiding terrorists.
After 4 days of lull, different brushwood took spot betwixt the holed-up terrorists and information forces connected Thursday, but the occurrence eluded the forces arsenic the terrorists managed their escape, taking vantage of heavy vegetation and challenging topography.
A large violent hideout was busted during the cognition connected Monday (January 19). The encounters followed a large counter-terrorist cognition launched successful the wood belts of Jammu portion successful December past twelvemonth to flush retired astir 3 twelve holed-up terrorists.
Operations person been further intensified successful the run-up to Republic Day to guarantee peaceful celebrations, amid quality inputs astir hopeless attempts by Pakistan-based handlers to propulsion much terrorists, the officials said.
