An encounter broke out between terrorists and safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officers mentioned. Safety forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Kadder within the Behibagh space of the district on Wednesday evening following details about the presence of suspected terrorists there, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned the search operation become an encounter because the terrorists opened hearth on the safety forces, who retaliated.
In November, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), laid down his life in a gunfight with the terrorists in Kishtwar district. Three different troopers had been additionally injured within the encounter in Keshwan forests when the joint search events of the military and police intercepted a gaggle of terrorists chargeable for the latest killing of two village defence guards.
Two terrorists had been additionally killed in November in an in a single day encounter with safety forces in Baramulla district. Their identification and affiliation are being ascertained, the Kashmir Zone police posted on X. Incriminating supplies, arms and ammunition had been recovered from the slain terrorists following the encounter which began on Thursday evening after the safety forces launched an intelligence-based operation.