The encounter started early Tuesday morning in J&K’s Pulwama.
Pulwama:
A soldier was killed and two safety personnel have been injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama early Tuesday morning. One of the 2 terrorists holed up in a home was shot useless, police mentioned.
A joint safety operation by the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 183 Battalion, military’s Rashtriya Rifles unit and the Jammu and Kashmir Police started at round 5:30 am. A soldier and a policeman have been injured in the course of the gunfire.
“#Encounter has started at #Goosu area of #Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice,” a tweet by the Kashmir Zone Police learn at round 6 am. The safety operation continues to be on.
Another put up learn: “#PulwamaEncounterUpdate: So far 01 #unidentified #terrorist killed. Operation going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice (sic)”.
#PulwamaEncounterUpdate: So far 01 #unidentified#terrorist killed. Operation occurring. Further particulars shall comply with. @JmuKmrPolicehttps://t.co/1dqRSp6uA8
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 7, 2020
Last week, a terrorist, who had killed a CRPF jawan and a six-year-old boy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag on June 26, was shot useless in an encounter in Srinagar.
Security personnel had launched a search operation for Zahid Dass ever since he managed to flee on June 26. A CRPF jawan additionally misplaced his life within the line of responsibility in the course of the Srinagar encounter.
Forty-eight terrorists have been killed final month in separate encounters.
Last month, J&Ok police chief Dilbag Singh mentioned that greater than 100 terrorists have been killed this yr. “During the last five-and-a-half months, over 100 terrorists have been neutralised, out of them 50 plus were from the Hizbul Mujahideen, around 20 from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, 20 from the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the rest from smaller outfits like Al-Badr, Ansar Gazwatul Hind,” Mr Singh mentioned.