NEW DELHI, Sept 28: Two unidentified terrorists were killed while five security personnel, including an officer, sustained injuries in an encounter in Adigam village in the Devsar area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
The gun-battle broke out when the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation there early in the morning. In the early exchange of fire, Additional Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Mumtaz Ali suffered minor injuries due to a stray bullet near the encounter site, officials said. Later four security personnel involved in the anti-terrorist operation sustained injuries in the encounter.
Two terrorists were killed, police said, adding that searches are being carried out in the area. The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorists are being ascertained.
Anther encounter broke out between the security forces and terrorists in the evening during a cordon and search operation at a remote village in Kathua district. Officials said reinforcements have been rushed to the Kog-Mandli village in Billawar area to neutralise the terrorists.
“Based on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists, a joint search operation was launched by security forces at village Kog. Contact has been established and few rounds have been fired from both sides,” a police official said.
The official said the area has been put under a tight cordon with the induction of the reinforcements. He said the brief exchange of fire between the two sides started around 5.30 pm when the joint party of police, army and CRPF moved to the village in the forested area. The search operation was on when last reports were received, they said.
(Manas Dasgupta)