In another major success within two days, six terrorists were on Sunday morning killed in an encounter with security forces at Batagund in Shopian district of South Kashmir. A soldier of the Army was reportedly injured during the encounter.
The security forces had on 23 November also killed 6 terrorists of whom 3 were top commanders of Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT).
Today’s encounter broke out in the wee hours when a joint team of army’s 34RR, CRPF and SOG launched a cordon and search operation in Batagund following credible reports of presence of terrorists.
Reports said that six bodies of terrorists have been recovered.
Identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained.
It is worth mentioning that 44 terrorists of various outfits have been killed in Shopian during the current year.