Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Gulab Bagh of Pulwama after receiving specific inputs about militants.
An encounter broke on late Thursday night at Kanibal in Bijbehara of Anantnag district, 55 kms from Srinagar, when the police along with Army and CRPF cordoned off a village following an intelligence input about the presence of militants. (Representational Image)
Srinagar: Three militants were killed, on Wednesday, in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
The bodies have been recovered from the encounter site where the search operation was still in progress, a police official said.
The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants is being ascertained, the official said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Gulab Bagh area of Tral in Pulwama after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants there.
As the forces were conducting the search operation, the hiding militants fired upon them resulting in an encounter.
( Source : PTI )
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