Omar leads ministers, officials to border Poonch district
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
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Security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Laam forest of Tral area in Pulwama district following information about 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.
The slain security force personnel have been identified as Sepoy Ajay and Constable Lateed Gujri.
A militant was also killed in the gunbattle, the official said, 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 agency inputs)
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