Two militants killed in Kulgam gunfight
Kulgam: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the wee hours on Saturday at Zadoora-Nipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, security officials said.
The security officials said that a joint team of police, army and the CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in Nipora village.
“When the forces zeroed to the suspected spot, the militants opened fire at the security forces triggering an encounter. In the exchange of fire, two militants were killed,” a police official said.
Defence spokesman in Srinagar Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that a joint operation was launched in early hours on Saturday on the basis of an intelligence input.
“Cordon was laid and contact established. Firefight ensued and two militants were killed,” he said.
Meanwhile, a police spokesman in a statement said that on a specific input generated by police about the presence of militants in village Nipora, Zadoora, Kulgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, 19 RR of army and 18 battalion CRPF.
“During the search operation, the militants were given an opportunity to surrender, but they refused and fired and lobbed grenades triggering an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed and their bodies retrieved from the site of encounter. Their identification and affiliation is being ascertained,” the statement said.
The statement said that the operation was conducted with precision and there was no collateral damage.
“Police request the people not to get closer to the encounter spot till the area is properly sanitized,” the statement added.
Notably, in their stepped up anti-militancy operations, this year, the security forces have killed 90 militants so far in various encounters across Jammu and Kashmir.
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