News agency ANI quoted the Kashmir Zone Police saying, "one unidentified terrorist killed in an ongoing encounter at Hakripora (Kakapora) area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow." The officials later added that one more terrorist was killed in the encounter at Pulwama.
This was the second encounter in past 24 hours. Earlier on Monday, the security forces had launched a search operation after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the Shopian district of South Kashmir.
According to an IANS report, the encounter began after security forces cordoned off the area and started a search operation which was based on a tip-off about the presence of two or three terrorists in the area.
During the search operation in Melhura, Zenapora in Shopian, the terrorists tried to flee but soldiers surrounded them. The ambushed militants also fired indiscriminately. Jammu and Kashmir Police Inspector Mohammad Ashraf was martyred during the firing and was killed on the spot.
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Earlier this month, the surity forces had gunned down two other terrorists including Zahid Nazir Bhat also known as Zahid Tiger, the top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Dadoora area of Pulwama on October 10.
According to the media reports, the encounter between terrorists and security forces got underway after the area was cordoned off and a search operation was started by the security forces on the basis of specific intelligence information about the presence of terrorists in the area.