New Delhi: A policeman was injured after terrorists opened fire upon a joint party of police and CRPF personnel in Bijbehara area of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, news agency ANI reported.
According to the Kashmir Zone Police, the area has been cordoned off and search operation is underway.
This comes just a day after terrorists attacked an Army camp in Rajouri district on Thursday, killing four soldiers and the two attackers were gunned down in the shootout after the pre-dawn suicide strike that marked the return of 'fidayeen' to Jammu and Kashmir after more than three years.
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According to a PTI report, both the militants, who are believed to be from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), were heavily armed with deadly 'steel core' bullets, and were shot down after an over four-hour gun battle that started at 2am and ended just before 6.30am, a police official said.
Defence spokesman at Jammu Lt Col Devender Anand said that alert sentries of the Army post at Parghal in Rajouri district, about 185km from Jammu city, detected suspicious persons approaching their post taking advantage of the inclement weather and dense foliage. He said that the sentries challenged the two terrorists who lobbed grenades while attempting to gain entry inside the post. However, the alert troops cordoned off the area and engaged them in a firefight, he added.
Anand further said that in the ensuing gunfight, the two terrorists were neutralised.