A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. (File photo)
Two Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday.
The gunbattle took place in Saimoh Tral area in the early hours of Tuesday after joint forces launched a cordon and search operation following inputs about the presence of militants, according to J&K police.
“During the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired on the joint search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter,” the police said in a statement.
Police in the morning said that one militant had been killed. It confirmed in the afternoon that the operation is over and another militant has been killed.
While Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Police said the “identification and affiliations of the killed terrorists is being ascertained”, a senior police officer said the duo were affiliated to the JeM.
“Other than the weapons such as two AK-47 rifles, pistols etc, we have also recovered a JeM flag from the site,” said a police officer who was part of the operation.
Kashmir’s Inspector General of Police said “it was a clean operation and no collateral damage took place during the encounter”.
There has been an increase in anti-militancy operations in the Valley since April.