Kupwara ( Jammu and Kashmir): Exchange of fire between security forces and terrorist has stopped in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday.
Search operations are currently underway, officials said.
On Friday, four security personnel including two policemen and two CRPF jawans, succumbed to their injuries during an encounter with terrorist in Handwara town of Kupwara district. One civilian was also killed in the encounter, officials said.
Based on credible input about the presence of terrorist in Baba Gund area of Kralgund in Handwara, a cordon and search operation was launched on Friday jointly by police and security forces in the area, the police said.