Srinagar: In a significant success for safety forces, 5 terrorists have been killed, and two troopers injured in an encounter in Behibagh village of Kulgam district, South Kashmir.
A senior police official mentioned a joint operation was launched by the police, Military’s Rashtriya Rifles, and CRPF in Kadder village following “credible inputs” about terrorist presence.
As safety forces closed in on the suspected hideout, the militants opened hearth, resulting in a gunfight. Two troopers sustained accidents throughout the preliminary alternate of fireplace.
All 5 militants have been neutralised within the operation. “The id and affiliation of the slain terrorists are being verified,” the official mentioned.
The realm stays beneath a cordon because the search operation continues.
Earlier, The Kashmir Zone Police had posted on X (previously Twitter), stating, “Encounter has began at Kadder space of Kulgam district. Police and safety forces are on the job. Additional particulars shall observe.”
“OP KADER, Kulgam. Based mostly on particular intelligence enter concerning the presence of terrorists, a Joint Operation was launched by the Indian Military and J-Ok police at Kader, Kulgam. Suspicious exercise was noticed by vigilant troops and on being challenged, terrorists opened indiscriminate and heavy volumes of fireplace. Personal troops successfully retaliated. Operation is in progress,” it mentioned in a put up on X.
