2 terrorists killed, 5 security personnel injured in encounter in J&K's Kulgam

Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed and five security forces personnel, including a police officer, were injured in an encounter in Adigam Devsar village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam.

A police official said that a joint team of Army, paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Adigam village of Kulgam during the wee hours of Saturday following “credible inputs” about the presence of militants in the area.

He said as the joint team of security forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants opened fire, triggering an encounter and during the initial exchange of fire, five security personnel, including a police officer were injured.

The injured were identified as Additional Superintendent of Police, (ASP) Kulgam, Mumtaz Ali Bhatti, and sepoys Mohan Sharma, Sohan Kumar, Yoginder and Mohammad Isran of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of the Army.

The Srinagar-based Chinar Corps of the Army confirmed the killing of two terrorists and said that two AK rifles besides some ammunition were recovered from the terrorists.

Search of the area is underway and the operation is in progress. The Northern Army Commander, Lt. General MV Suchindra Kumar, has commended the joint forces of the Chinar Warriors and J&K Police for successfully neutralising two terrorists and appreciated the excellent synergy among the forces.

In the last few months, there has been a spike in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, at a time when the first assembly election in a decade in the Union Territory is underway. While polling for two phases has already ended, the last phase is scheduled on October 1. The counting of votes will be held on October 8.