June 12:`Srinagar police neutralized LeT terrorist in a brief chance encounter at Kreshbal Palpora Sangam area of Srinagar.

Based on own input regarding movement of terrorist in the outskirts of Srinagar at Kreshbal Palpora area, a special small team of Srinagar Police was deputed for search. Meanwhile, hidden terrorist fired upon the Police team which was retaliated leading to a brief chance encounter. In the ensuing chance encounter one terrorist identified as Adil Parray @Abu Bakr of Ganderbal was killed.

During interaction with media IGP Kashmir shared that the killed terrorist was a categorised terrorist linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT. He along with Abid Khan had joined terror rank in September 2021. Both were involved in terror attacks on civilians and outsiders in downtown area of Srinagar last year in 2021. However, Abid was neutralised in an encounter in March 2022 in Ganderbal but Adil Parray kept involved in terror crimes. Recently, Adil Parray attacked on two policemen who were martyred. Besides a 9 years old daughter of brave policeman Saifulla Qadri got injured. Since then we were tracking him. IGP also shared that he was planning for terror attack on Yatra this year.

As per police record, he was involved in the recent killings of 02 JKP personnel Ct Ghulam Hassan Dar near Ali Jan Road Zoonimar area of Srinagar on 07/05/2022 and SgCt Saifullah Qadri at Anchar Soura area of Srinagar on 24/05/2022 besides, injuring his 9 year old daughter.

Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror crimes.

In this connection police have registered a case under relevant sections of law and investigation has been initiated. People are requested to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitized and cleared off of all the explosive materials, if any.```