Security personnel engage in gun battle with terrorists in Pulwama! Two back-to-back 'encounters' in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 48 hours
Security personnel got a tip-off regarding the presence of militants in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday morning. In response to this, a search operation was initiated in the Tral area of Awantipora since early morning.
Security personnel had another shootout with militants in Jammu and Kashmir. Search operations are in progress. Security forces were informed about the presence of militants in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday morning. Subsequently, a search operation was initiated in the Tral region of Awantipora since early morning. The moment the search operation started, the militants fired at the security personnel. The security personnel also fired back.
On the morning, the Kashmir District Police reported that the exchange of gunfire continues. Security forces and the police are performing their duty. Further details will be provided later, the police added. Police sources have reported that two to three militants who are linked with the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed are taking shelter in the Tral area.
Incidentally, this is the second 'encounter' or shootout in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 48 hours. Three terrorists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday morning. The operation had begun in Kulgaon initially,
Jammu and Kashmir, later targeting Shopian. Two of the three terrorists who have been killed are Shahid Kutte and Adnan Safi. They were both reported to be members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Following the Pahalgaon attack, a search operation was carried out in various sections of Jammu and Kashmir to arrest the terrorists. No militant who participated in the murder has been arrested so far. Meanwhile, the Indian Army's 'Operation Sindoor' was initiated on May 6 night. Indian Army targeted 9 known terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Meanwhile, the operations to find out the terrorists behind the Pahalgaon incident are also in progress.
