In a major success, five terrorists were killed on Thursday in an encounter in South Kashmir's Kadder village of Behibagh Kulgam District. Two security forces personnel were injured in the operation.
Police said that the bodies of the killed terrorists have been retrieved from the site of the encounter.
State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the J&K Police on Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir.
The moves come a day after the central counter-terror agency carried out searches at 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier the encounter started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.
The martyred cop has been identified as Rohit Chib.
Two terrorists each were killed in brief encounters with security forces in the Gopalpora and Pombay villages of Kulgam. Sikander was eliminated in Gopalpora.
“At about 6.05 pm, terrorists fired at a police personnel, identified as Bantoo Sharma (Follower) of Wanpoh, and injured him,” police said.
He was shifted to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Another terrorist who escaped from the encounter site, after following a lead, has been arrested in Khrew.
