Security agencies intensify search for local helpers of Khalistan Zindabad Force terrorists in Pilibhit after successful encounter.

Following the encounter of three Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) terrorists in Pilibhit, security agencies are intensifying their search for their local helpers in the Terai region.

Two locals taken into custody revealed that the trio reached Pilibhit with the help of a bus operator who runs a daily bus service from Lakhimpur Kheri to Amritsar

Pilibhit: Three Khalistani terrorists, who were accused of launching a grenade attack at a police checkpoint in Punjab 's Gurdaspur, were gunned down in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The encounter broke out in Puranpur Police Station area in Pilibhit district last night.

In a major anti-terror operation, three militants belonging to the Khalistani Commando Force were gunned down in a joint operation by Punjab and Uttar Pradesh police in Pilibhit’s Puranpur area early Monday morning.

The police said they had received input about the suspicious movement of some Khalistani terrorists in the region. Acting upon the information, the police team tried to nab them but they started firing at the cops which triggered the encounter.

In Pilibhit, three KZF terrorists linked to a Gurdaspur grenade attack were killed, prompting intensified security searches for local accomplices.

At least three suspected Khalistani terrorists, who were accused of carrying an attack on a police post in Punjab’s Gurdaspur region, were killed during an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district,