Militants killed yesterday were affiliated to LeT: Army

June 24, 2016 20:11

The militants, who were killed in two separate encounters in Kupwara yesterday were affiliated to Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the army today claimed. "About 200 to 220 militants are active in Kashmir valley.

Among them, about 100 are local militants and rest are foreigners," Commander Eight sector Rashtriya Rifles Brigadier Rajeev Puri said while talking about the successful operations in Kupwara.

He said the number of militants in south and north Kashmir varies as they do not have boundaries.

Playing down the use of new app "Calculator" by militants to keep in touch with their handlers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir without being detected by the army's technical surveillance, the Army officer said "such things keep happening between the security forces and the terrorists". "Earlier, they were using radio sets and we used to intercept it. They come out with a new thing and we counter it," he said.

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