Anantnag, March 28: In a major breakthrough for security forces, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Rameez Ahmad Dar was arrested from Bijbehara area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district. A huge amount of arms and ammunition were also recovered from him. As per the police, Dar was active from past one-and-a-half-year. The forces arrested the Hizbul Mujahideen following a credible input. He is a resident of Kulgam district.

Earlier in the day, Security forces gunned down three terrorists in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. The gunfight broke out in Kellar area after a joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Army and the Jammu and Kashmir police was attacked by terrorists during a search operation in the area. A heavy cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the slain terrorists.

Meanwhile, on March 22, two terrorists of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore. A day earlier, three terrorists were killed while seven security men and three civilians injured in three different battles between security forces and militants in the Kashmir Valley.

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