In an encounter that took place today, the Army shot down terrorists that were trapped in an encounter operation in Jammu Kashmir.
3 terrorists have been shot down in an encounter operation that took place in Khudwani, Kulgam South Kashmir. The operation was launched a day after a police constable of the same district was kidnapped and killed. The police suspect that 1 of the terrorists to be of Pakistan nationality.
The constable, Salem Ahmed Shah had been undergoing police training in Kathua. He was home in Kulgam on leave. His kidnappers have been killed just 2 kilometers off the place where the constable was kidnapped and killed.
Forces from the Central Reserve Police Force along with the army and the state police are engaging the terrorists who are holed up at a locality in Kulgam’s Khudwani, 70 km from Srinagar.
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The security forces launched a search operation on intelligence inputs that the terrorists involved in the killing of the Kulgam police constable were hiding in the area. The search operation quickly turned into an encounter when the terrorists fired at the security forces, a police officer said.
“As the cordon was tightened, hiding terrorists opened fire, triggering an encounter,” a police officer said about the Kulgam encounter.
Mobile internet has been snapped in Kulgam and Anantnag.
The killing of the Kulgam police constable comes a month after a soldier was kidnapped and killed by terrorists in south Kashmir. Rifleman Aurangzeb of 44, Rashtriya Rifles, was kidnapped when he was on his way home to celebrate Eid.
South Kashmir has become a hub of terror activities over the last few years where policemen have been targeted frequently and robbed of their weapons.
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