One terrorist killed in encounter with safety forces, operation underway in J&Ok’s Kathua | India Information

NEW DELHI: Safety forces neutralized a terrorist throughout an ongoing encounter on Sunday in a distant village in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kathua district.
The physique of the terrorist was recovered from the scene of the encounter at Kog-Mandli in Billawar tehsil this afternoon, the officers mentioned. In the meantime, the search operation within the village continues for the second day.
Anand Jain, extra director basic, Jammu zone, instructed that the search operation was launched within the village on Saturday following details about the presence of three to 4 overseas terrorists.
Jain additionally instructed that head constable Bashir Ahmad misplaced his life and two officers have been injured after terrorists opened fireplace on the joint safety search get together of Military, CRPF and police.
He additional mentioned that the complete space is beneath a good safety cordon, and efforts are ongoing to neutralise the three to 4 overseas terrorists believed to be hiding within the space. He confirmed that the presence of terrorists was reported in a home.
“We’re getting steady details about terrorists and subsequently conducting operations with an endeavour to neutralise them as quickly as potential,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, J&Ok police instructed that two unidentified terrorists have been killed in a distinct operatin on Saturday morning in Kulgam district and 5 safety personnel, together with an officer have been injured.
The gunbattle broke out in Adigam village within the Devsar space of the district after safety forces launched a cordon-and-search operation.
Within the early change of fireplace, Further Superintendent of Police (Site visitors) Mumtaz Ali suffered minor accidents as a consequence of a stray bullet close to the encounter web site, officers mentioned. They mentioned 4 safety personnel additionally concerned within the anti-terrorist operation sustained accidents within the encounter