Jammu and Kashmir: 2 to 3 terrorists believed to be trapped in Tral, encounter underway

The encounter started at Midoora Tral area in South Kashmir. Two to three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the area.

Security Forces (Source: PTI)

New Delhi: A fresh encounter broke out between terrorists and joint security forces on Sunday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's tral; hours after two terrorists were decimated in the valley in Shopian. The encounter started at Midoora Tral area in South Kashmir. Two to three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the area. On Saturday, two terrorists were killed in a brief gunbattle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. The terrorists opened fire on a patrolling party of the Army from an orchard in Shopian, following which the soldiers retaliated, a police official said. He said two ultras were killed in the exchange of fire. The identity and the affiliation of the slain terrorists were being ascertained, the official added. Recently on April 1, four terrorists belonging to a combined group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfits, were killed, while three army jawans and a policeman injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday. Acting on a credible input about the presence of terrorists in Lassipora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there this morning. He said during the searches, the militants fired upon the search party of the forces, who retaliated. In the ensuing encounter, four terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounte. 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 spokesperson said it was a clean operation and no collateral damage took place during the encounter. The slain terrorists were identified as Zaffar Paul, a resident of Dangerpora Shopian, Tauseef Ahmad Yattoo, a resident of Gudbug Pulwama, Aqib Ahmad Kumar, a resident of Hellow Shopian and Mohammad Shafi Bhat, a resident Sedow Shopian.