Three pro-Khalistan terrorists were slain in a police confrontation in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: Three pro-Khalistan terrorists were slain in a confrontation in the Pilihit district on Monday as part of a joint operation by the police of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Two AK-series assault weapons and two Glock handguns were found at the site, according to authorities.

Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh | An encounter took place between a joint team of Uttar Pradesh Police and Punjab Police and three criminals who had thrown grenades at a police post in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab were injured. Later, the three criminals were declared dead. Two AK… pic.twitter.com/3aRCPKNUP5

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According to police, the accused were Gurvinder Singh, 25, Virender Singh, also known as Ravi, 23, and Jaspreet Singh, also known as Pratap Singh, 18, all of whom lived in Gurdaspur.

The confrontation happened in the vicinity of Puranpur.
A team of Punjab police addressed the SHO Puranpur police station and told them that several terrorists from Punjab who attacked a police outpost are hiding in the Puranpur area, according to SP Pilibhit Avinash Pandey. I was notified right away, and we immediately began a thorough search and blocked off all of the district’s roads.”

Three suspects on a bike were the subject of information supplied by a police picket team at Khamaria Point. They were immediately pursued by a combined Punjabi and Pilibhit police unit. Police officers fired back at the men on the bike after they had started fire on the police unit. The suspects were taken to the hospital by us after they were shot. The encounter resulted in the injuries of two Pilibhit police constables,” he continued.

“All three were declared dead by the doctors at the hospital,” Pandey added. From them, we found two AK-47s, two AK rifles, two Glock handguns manufactured abroad, and a significant amount of ammo. The defendants are associated with a terrorist organization from abroad.

Threw grenades’

On December 19, there was a bomb reported at the defunct Wadala Bangar police station in Kalanaur Tehsil, Gurdaspur district.

In an unconfirmed narrative that went viral on social media, the Khalistan Zindabad Force claimed responsibility for the attack.

It was Punjab’s seventh incident since November 24 and the second explosion in the district in 48 hours.
There were no reported casualties or property damage despite the increased police presence in the area.