Terrorists managed to escape after an encounter with security forces in central Kashmir's Budgam district in which one Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed in action and a policeman was injured, officials said on Friday.
One SPO, Altaf Ahm ad was killed and a policeman identified as Manzoor Ahmad was injured during the encounter that took place at Beerwah area on Thursday night.
The police followed the blood trail of the injured terrorists and started a search operation in a second village.
"It was a group of two terrorists who were injured, their blood trail has been followed to a second village where searches are underway," Inspector General Police Vijay Kumar said.
"Operations were underway and the terrorists will soon be neutralised," he said.
