Three militants gunned down in Pulwama encounter

Three militants were killed in a gunfight that broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Two civilians were injured.

Kakapora: Three militants were killed and two civilians were injured in an encounter that broke out between security forces and militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning. Police said that search operation is underway.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Kakapora area of Pulwama district this morning following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said. The search operation soon turned into an encounter.

Encounter underway in JK's Pulwama

Inspector General Vijay Kumar said, "Three terrorists have been neutralized at a hideout in encounter in the Ghat mollah area of Kakapora. Yesterday, we had shared that there were four terrorists, on the basis of an arrest, we got further information about the other 3 as well."

Kumar added, "The terrorists are affiliated to LeT and Al-Badr. Army, Srinagar Police, CRPF, and Pulwama Police solved the case in less than 24 hours."

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The sources had said there were three LeT-affiliated militants hiding in the area. Internet services have been suspended in Pulwama.

#Encounter has started at Kakapora area of #Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow," said Kashmir Zone Police in a tweet on Friday morning.

On Thursday, a house guard of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anwar Khan was killed after his residence was attacked by terrorists in Srinagar's Nowgam.

"One sentry Rameez Ahmad, critically injured in the attack succumbed to his injuries," the police had said.

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Preliminary investigation has revealed that the terror attack at the residential guard of Khan was carried out by a group of four terrorists and on the analysis of CCTV footage, it came to fore that a burqa-clad terrorist in a woman's voice asked the sentry on duty to open the door. The moment the sentry opened the door, two other terrorists started firing indiscriminately at him while the third terrorist snatched his rifle.

It also indicated that the terrorists linked with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were involved in the attack. Two local terrorists identified as Shahid Khursheed Dar, resident of Methan Chanapora and Ubaid Shafi Dar, resident of Firdousabad Batamaloo were part of the group.

With ANI inputs

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