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A CRPF personnel died while two terrorists got killed in a brief encounter in Shalteng area on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday morning. According to sources, the motorcycle-borne terrorists fired on a CRPF patrol party and killed one CRPF man. The CRPF retaliated by shooting down both the militants.
“It was a prompt response by the CRPF in which both the militants were gunned down,” Ravi Deep Shahi, IG CRPF, Srinagar circle was quoted by news agency IANS as saying.
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Reinforcements have reached the spot and senior officers have reached the site.
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According to the CRPF the identity of the killed terrorists is being ascertained. The search operation has also been started.
Last week on January 31 as well, 3 terrorists were killed in a gun-fight between the terrorists and police leaving the policeman injured and all the three terrorists killed.
A policeman with his alert and timely action averted a major tragedy as he uncovered a cavity inside a truck on Jammu-Srinagar highway, ferrying three armed Jaish-e–Mohammed(JeM) terrorists, police said.
The spotting of cavity by the cop led to encounter between the terrorists and police.
Last month, Jammu and Kashmir police had arrested five operatives of Jaish-e-Mohammed from Srinagar who were involved in grenade attack on security forces.
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