Omar leads ministers, officials to border Poonch district
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
An encounter between militants and security forces broke out early on Friday in Srigufwara area of Anantnag district in Jammu-Kashmir.
Militants opened fire at security forces when the latter were conducting a cordon and search operation in the area located in south Kashmir. Police said there was specific intelligence input about the presence of militants in the area.
Security forces retaliated to the firing from the militants thus turning the search operation into a gunfight.
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“As the security forces tightened the cordon around hiding militants, they fired, triggering an encounter which is underway,” a police officer said.
The gunfight, which is still on, is the second major operation since the imposition of Governor’s Rule in Jammu-Kashmir.
On June 20, the day the state came under Governor’s Rule, security personnel from the police, CRPF and Indian Army killed three terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants in Tral area of Pulwama district.
One of the slain terrorists was a Pakistani national. Five security force personnel were injured in the operation which was launched following specific information about three terrorists hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area.
On 18 June, security forces had neutralised four terrorists in Bandipora immediately after the end of the Ramzan ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Governor NN Vohra on Wednesday directed security forces to ramp up anti-terrorist operations in the state during the Amarnath Yatra, the route of which passes through militancy hotbed of south Kashmir. The Yatra begins on 28 June and will continue for 60 days.
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