Four terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter in Kammu and Kashmir's Kulgam. The encounter has also claimed the lives of two soldiers. Three other soldiers have been injured. The encounter had started early this morning in Yaripora of Kulgam district. The army, which got a tip-off from the police late at night, cordoned off a village in the region which is 60 kilometres from Srinagar.
"Three other terrorists, believed to be injured during the gunfight, managed to escape from the spot and are hiding nearby. An operation is underway to find and nab them," news agency Press Trust of India quoted officials as saying.
PTI quoted a police officer as saying that a cordon and search operation had been launched early on Sunday following information about the presence of a large number of terrorists in the area. As the security forces were closing in on the terrorists, they had opened fire.
On February 4, an encounter took place in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, in which two terrorists were killed. Two policemen had been injured in the exchange of fire, which started after security forces were tipped off about the presence of terrorists.
