Joint press conference by 15 Corps Commander Lt Gen J S Sandhu and Jammu and Kashmir DGP S P Vaid, General Officer Commanding Victor force, and Inspector General Operations Central Reserve Police Force on Bandipora encounter, in which six terrorists were killed:

"We have killed about 190 terrorists as on date, in 2017. Out of these, 80 are local terrorists and 110 foreign. Of these 110, 66 terrorists were killed near the Line of Control while infiltrating," General Officer Commanding of 15 Corps Lt Gen J S Sandhu said.

"What we find this year is that we have killed approximately 125-130 terrorists in the hinterland of Kashmir Valley. This has resulted in a remarkable change in situation,"Lt Gen Sandhu said.

"We had launched several operations in Hajin mid September onwards we were practically launching search ops on a daily basis, had inducted special forces into the area," he said.

"Based on specific information, joint operation was launched by CRPF, Army, J&K Police in which six terrorists were eliminated, all were foreign terrorists. Commend all agencies who worked to ensure success of the operation," he said.   -- ANI

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