Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 3: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nihama area of the south Kashmir district after receiving specific input about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said. The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired on a search party of the forces, who then fired back, the official said. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, V K Birdhi said that two militants were killed in the exchange of firing. The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorists was being ascertained, he added. |