Lt Col Bartwal said the body of one of the slain terrorists was retrieved and has been identified on the basis of police records as Hussain a resident of Bagyladra village of Poonch who was a self-style Divisional Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen.
Kishtwar Police along with 17 RR and CRPF 52 battalion teams arrested an active associate of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit from Cherji Kishtwar, an official statement said on Friday.
Continuing its crackdown on terror elements, Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Kulgam conducted searches in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of active terrorist Farooq Ahmad Bhat, at Chek Desen Yaripora on Saturday.