Srinagar: Three terrorists were gunned down in an encounter Friday morning that broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Two civilians also sustained injuries in a gunfight between security forces and the militants, police said. The gun battle began after security forces were fired upon while conducting a cordon-and-search operation at Dobhi Mohalla in the Kakapora area of the South Kashmir district, a police official informed.
Two residents of Pulwama’s Samboora, Ishrat Jan (25) and Ghulam Nabi Dar (42), sustained injuries near the encounter site, he said. They were initially rushed to a nearby hospital, and then shifted to the SMHS hospital here, the official said, adding that their condition is stated to be stable.
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Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Kakapora area after inputs regarding the presence of terrorists there. Sources said that the group may be the militants who had attacked a BJP leader’s house Wednesday killing one of his security men.
