An exchange of fire took place on Wednesday between militants and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.
Militants opened fire on a patrol party of security forces at Haji Darpora in Pulwama, a police official said.
The security forces retaliated, leading to the brief exchange of fire between the two sides, he said, adding there were no casualties.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched search operations to track down the militants, the official said.
Infiltration foiled, intruder killed
Army troops foiled an infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir and killed an intruder on Wednesday, an Army officer said.
A suspicious movement was picked up along the LoC in Rajouri Sector in the early hours.
“One intruder was spotted and was challenged. The intruder opened fire on troops closing in and the Army retaliated effectively,” the officer said.
Hizb worker held
In a separate develoment, Touseef Ahmad Gudna alias Abu Bakar, a top over-ground worker of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, who was involved in encouraging youth to join the terror group and revive militancy in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, has been arrested, the police said on Wednesday.
The arrest comes just two months after police unearthed a module of the outfit planning to carry out grenade attacks and revive militancy in the district.
Gudna’s name came to the fore during the interrogation of the two Hizb activists arrested on July 1 and with his arrest, there is “likelihood of decrease in terrorist activities and reduction in the number of youth indulging in anti-national activities”, a police spokesman said.
Gudna, a close associate of Mohammad Amin alias Jehangir, was also involved in a militancy-related case registered in the police station Parimpora in Srinagar last year.
He was also reportedly in contact with terrorist Latti in 2017. He allegedly helped transfer money to Jehangir’s wife, the spokesman said.