{"id":7131,"date":"2026-07-08T23:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2026-07-09T02:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:25:28","slug":"forces-shoot-dead-category-a-let-terrorist-zakir-ganie-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7131","title":{"rendered":"Forces shoot dead \u2018category A\u2019 LeT terrorist Zakir Ganie in J&amp;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/forces-shoot-dead-category-a-let-terrorist-zakir-ganie-in-jk\/articleshow\/132271272.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/132271272.cms\" \/><\/a>Security forces neutralized Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zakir Ganie in Shopian on Wednesday.  This encounter occurred nearly ten months after the last such operation in the region.  The joint operation was launched Saturday evening based on specific intelligence inputs.  Arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site by the Army.  Meanwhile, three overground workers were arrested in Anantnag using advanced surveillance technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces neutralized Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zakir Ganie in Shopian on Wednesday. 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