Srinagar: Four
militants were killed while three Army jawans and a police personnel were
injured in an encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday,
police said.
On a credible input about presence of militants in Lassipora
area of south kashmir’s Pulwama district, security forces launched a cordon and
search operation there this morning, a police spokesman said.
He said during the searches, militants fired upon the search
party of the forces.
The fire was retaliated, leading to an encounter, the
spokesman said.
In the ensuing encounter, he said, four militants were killed
and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter.
The identities and affiliations of the slain militants are
being ascertained, the spokesman said.
He said in the initial exchange of firing, three Army jawans
and one policeman sustained injuries.
The injured were hospitalised and are stated to be stable, he
added.
The spokesman said it was a clean operation and no collateral
damage took place during the encounter.
Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, was
recovered from the site of the encounter, he said.
Four Militants Killed, Three Army Jawans Injured In Pulwama Encounter
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