Two LeT terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J-K
The killed terrorists have been identified as LeT’s Kashmir Valley operational commander Riyaz Shethri and his associate Rayees Dar.
Four JeM militants and two security personnel were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight in a forest area of Pulwama’s Lam Tral in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the state police chief SP Vaid, four militants, all of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, was killed. however, Army also confirmed that four militants had been killed.
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The security personnel killed included an Indian Army soldier and a state policeman, police sources said.
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A joint operation was started by the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Lam forest area of Tral following information about the presence of militants there.
Sepoy Ajay Kumar of 42 RR, who was injured in the initial firing exchange, succumbed to his injuries at Army’s 92 Base Hospital in Badami Bagh Cantonment area here. Latif Gujar of Jammu and Kashmir Police also succumbed to injuries.
Earlier, Two security personnel and a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant were killed in an encounter on Tuesday in a forest area of Pulwama’s Lam Tral in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The encounter broke out between the militants and the security forces earlier on Tuesday after militants fired upon an army patrol from a nearby orchard.
Security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Laam forest of Tral area in Pulwama district following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said a gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces when the ultras opened fire.
In the fierce exchange of fire, an army soldier and a policeman sustained injuries. They were evacuated to hospitals here but succumbed to injuries, the official said.
A militant was also killed in the gunbattle, the official said earlier, adding search operation was still going on in the forest area as it is believed that two to three militants are still holed up.
The area of the encounter site has been cordoned off.
(with input from agencies)
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