Indus Valley Times

SRINAGAR,NOV 2: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.

The encounter broke out near Halkan Gali in the Shangus-Larnoo area of the south Kashmir district.

Of the two militants killed, one was a foreigner and the other a local. Their group affiliation was yet to be ascertained, the officials said.

The operation is underway and further details were awaited, they said.

Meanwhile, another encounter is underway in the Khanyar area of Srinagar, Two CRPF jawans and two policemen were injured in the encounter.

Security personnel stand guard near the house where militants were allegedly hiding during an encounter at Khanyar area of Srinagar, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday in the locality of Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, officials said.

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Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Khanyar in the morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, they said.

The search operation turned into an encounter as the terrorists opened fire at the search party, which retaliated, they said.

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and two policemen were injured in the exchange of fire.

They were taken to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital.

Their condition is stated to be stable, the officials said.

The operation is underway.

Similarly, a search operation was launched on Saturday after movement of terrorists was observed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, the Army said.

The Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said in the late evening on Friday that troops spotted “suspicious movement” in the general area Panar in north Kashmir’s Bandipora.

“On being challenged, terrorists opened indiscriminate fire and escaped into the jungle,” the Army said.

-PTI