Pulwama
Kashmir: Two militants killed in ongoing Pulwama encounter
Srinagar/UNI: Two militants were killed by security forces in an ongoing encounter in the south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Friday, police said.
Acting on specific information about the presence of militants, troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at Khrew, Pampore in Pulwama in the wee hours of Friday, a police spokesperson said.
When the security forces were moving towards a particular area, militants hiding there, opened indiscriminate firing at them with automatic weapons.
Security forces also retaliated, ensuing an encounter, he said, adding that two militants were killed in the encounter.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
