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Jul 27, 2021
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Militant Killed in Encounter With Security Forces in J&K’s Kulgam District

A police official said that the security forces launched a search operation in the Aharbal area of south Kashmir district following the inputs about the presence of militants there.
Security personnel conduct a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at Baghat Chowk, after three unidentified militants and three policeman were killed in three separate encounters in Srinagar, Budgam and Shopian districts Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar, Friday, Feb.19, 2021. Photo: PTI
Security personnel conduct a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at Baghat Chowk, after three unidentified militants and three policeman were killed in three separate encounters in Srinagar, Budgam and Shopian districts Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar, Friday, Feb.19, 2021. Photo: PTI

Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Aharbal area of the south Kashmir district following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

As the forces were conducting searches in the area, militants fired upon them, he said.

The forces retaliated, ensuing an encounter in which one militant was killed, the official added.

The identity and group affiliation of the slain ultra are being ascertained, he said, adding that the operation is in progress.

(PTI)

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