Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh | Photo Credit: ANI

Poonch: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh, on Tuesday said that there are around 275 terrorists in the Valley out of which around 75 are foreign terrorists and others are locals. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to Poonch district in Jammu region, Singh said that the number of youth joining the militant ranks is has significantly decreased in the recent past. He added that only 40 locals have joined militant outfits in the past five and a half months — a figure almost half of what it used to be.

Singh said that the killing of Ansar Gazwatul Hind commander Zakir Musa ended the new idea of militancy in Kashmir and hailed the operation as a 'big success' for the security forces in Kashmir.

"He tried to start a new idea of militancy in Kashmir but his idea has come to an end with his death," Singh said. He further added that the security agencies in the state — the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police Force, CRPF and others — were in complete synergy in their fight against the militancy in the state.

Meanwhile, two militants were eliminated in an operation in Anantnag earlier today. "Their identities and affiliations are being identified. Arms and ammunition have been recovered," Singh said. Both the killed terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. One of the terrorists was identified as a Pakistani national. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter and a case was registered.