CRPF jawan, 2 terrorists killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama

09:22 June 23

Militants killed in Bandzoo, Pulwama encounter

Militants killed in Bandzoo, Pulwama encounter

1. HM trt Owais Ah Bhat s/o Late Mohd Yousuf Bhat/DOJ-26 Mar 18, r/o Molu Chitragam

2. JeM trt Aijaz Ah Ganai s/o Bashir Ahmed Ganai/DOJ 11 May 20, Ganai r/o Ramnagari

09:17 June 23

"Two militants were killed while a CRPF jawan died after getting injured during the gunfight," Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told ETV Bharat.

He said, "It was a joint operation of Police, Army and CRPF which was started at around 5:30 am after inputs about the presence of militants in the area. The search operation is still underway."

According to police, 108 militants have been killed in anti-militancy operations in Kashmir this year. Around 32 of them were gunned down in the month of June so far.

06:26 June 23

Pulwama: Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandzoo area of Pulwama on Tuesday while a CRPF personnel who had sustained a bullet injury succumbed at a hospital here.

The encounter broke out in the early hours of Tuesday, and a search operation is underway, said Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Police and security forces are on the job, it added.

Further, details are awaited.

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Earlier, a militant was killed on June 20 in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, security forces neutralised a total of eight terrorists in two parallel operations stretched over two days in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir in past one week.

While a total of three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were eliminated in Pulwama, a mixed group of five JeM and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorists were neutralised by forces in Shopian.

Inputs from agencies