Added on January 10, 2022
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Two Al-Badr militants killed in Kulgam encounter, operation over
Srinagar, Jan 10: Two militants affiliated with Al-Badr were killed in a gunfight in Hussainpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Monday.
A senior police official while confirming the details said that two local militants of Al-Badr were killed in the encounter.
Earlier, reports said that on Sunday evening, a joint team of Police, army’s 1RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on the input generated by JK Police in the area.
As the joint team of forces intensified searches towards the target spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces triggering off a gunfight.
Meanwhile, officials said that the operation in the area is over after searches were conducted at the encounter site.