Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.
Security personnel launched a cordon and search operation in the Khudpora area of Shopian following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter as militants opened fire upon the personnel who then retaliated.
“As the cordon around the hiding militants was tightened, they fired at the surrounding security forces triggering an encounter in which two militants were killed,” said a senior police official.
The official added that incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the scene of the encounter.
The identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained.
(With agency inputs)