Srinagar: In an overnight encounter which broke out in Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night, the security forces succeeded in killing two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists on Tuesday.
A senior police official said that in the said encounter a civilian had also sustained bullet injuries.
He said that the encounter started at around 8.30 pm on Monday when the security forces on receiving specific inputs about presence of some terrorists, launched a cordon and search operation.
“As the security cordon tightened, the terrorists hiding in a house resorted to indiscriminate firing which triggered an exchange of fire that last for some time,” said the police official.
The police official said that after a brief lull, gunshots were again heard during the night which continued through the night intermittently.
However, the gunfight again began on Tuesday morning. “To avoid any risk to the security forces engaged in the encounter, the house in which the terrorists were hiding was blown off,” said the police official.
Later the bodies of two Hizbul terrorists was recovered along with large quantity of arms an ammunition including two AK-47 rifles from the Mir Mohalla area in Tral region.
Meanwhile, a massive search and combing operation has been launched by the security forces in the area.
Authorities had suspended mobile Internet services in the town.