Srinagar: One unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The encounter started during a search and cordon operation in the early hours of Sunday in the Munand area of South Kashmir.
Sources said that at least two terrorists were believed to be trapped in a cordon by a joint team of forces.
Till reports last came in the operation was on, Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.
On the other hand, oOne of the three terrorists killed in gunfight with the security forces in J&K’s Bandipora district had exfiltrated to Pakistan via Wagah border in 2018, police said on Sunday.
The terrorist was killed on Saturday.
“A resident of Bandipora, Sariq Baba had exfiltrated via Wagah border in 2018 and had infiltrated recently through the LoC”, Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) told reporters.
Kumar said Sariq was affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. The other two terrorists killed in the gunfight at the Sumlar-Aragam area in Bandipora district on Saturday were Pakistani.
The gunfight had started after terrorists opened fire on a joint party of the police, Rashtriya Rifles, Marcos (Para Special Force) and CRPF in the forest area.
Search operation was resumed in the area on Sunday morning in Bandipora as there could be more terrorists hiding in the thick forest, said a police official.
In a separate incident, terrorists snatched the service rifle of a policeman on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police sources said.
Sources said an AK-47 rifle was snatched from a policeman in the Shamsipora Khudwani crossing area by militants.
Police said a search operation is now going on to trace the terrorists responsible for the act.
Meanwhile, security forces recovered four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from J&K’s Kupwara district on Sunday, police said.
The IEDs were recovered from Nadernagh Avoora village of Kupwara by a joint search party of police and army’s counter-insurgency unit Rashtriya Rifles during a cordon and search operation, police said.
“A bomb disposal squad has been brought in to defuse the IEDs. Search operation is still going on,” a police officer said.