The Army said that on specific intelligence inputs regarding presence of terrorists on higher reaches of Halan in Kulgam, operations were launched by security forces.
Police said they were taking detainee Zia Mustafa, a LeT terrorist who infiltrated 15 years ago from Pakistan, to Bhata Durian to make him identify the terrorist hideout.
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.