A terrorist was killed in a fresh gunfight with security forces on Wednesday near the site in Jammu and Kashmir’s in Kulgam district where two ultras were killed in an encounter the previous day. The anti-terror operation, which started on Monday evening, resumed today after a third terrorist was spotted in the area.
One terrorist was killed today, the officials said and added that the identity of the deceased was being ascertained. They said firing was going on till last reports came in.
During a search of the houses near the encounter site in Kulgam’s Redwani area, a fresh exchange of fire took place between the forces and a terrorist who was hiding there, officials said
The operation started on Monday night (May 6) after security forces received input about the presence of terrorists in the area.
Two terrorists, including a top “commander” of Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot TRF who was involved in several cases of killing of policemen and civilians, were eliminated by security forces in the encounter on Tuesday.
One of the slain terrorists has been identified as Basit Dar, an “A” category terrorist who belonged to The Resistance Front (TRF), according to Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, V K Birdhi.
Birdhi said the terrorists were given an opportunity to surrender, but they continued their firing on the security personnel. “Two terrorists have been killed in this operation and their bodies have been retrieved, but the search operation is going on,” he said.
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