3 Jawans Injured During Gunbattle With Militants In J-K's Kulgam, Search Intensified: Police

Three Army jawans have been injured in an encounter at the high reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, the police informed.

Visuals from the spot where an encounter is underway at high reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in Jammu-Kashmir. ( Image Source :ANI )

Three jawans got injured in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, police informed. The gunbattle broke out in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, they said. The police also informed that a search in the area has been intensified as the injured personnel were being evacuated to the hospital for treatment. 

"Three (03) jawans got injured in the encounter. They are being evacuated to hospital for treatment. Search in the area intensifies. Further details shall follow," the Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

#KulgamEncounterUpdate: Three (03) jawans got injured in the #encounter. They are being evacuated to hospital for treatment. Search in the area intensifies. Further details shall follow.@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/Wq0ND6GSZr

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) August 4, 2023

Visuals from the spot were shared by news agency ANI.

#WATCH | J&K | Encounter underway at high reaches of Halan forest area of Kulgam district. Army & Kulgam Police are carrying out the operation. Three jawans injured and evacuated to hospital for treatment.

(Visuals deferred by unspecified time) pic.twitter.com/4cAe93jiHe

— ANI (@ANI) August 4, 2023

In another important development in the Kashmir valley, police on Friday apprehended three terrorist associates associated with the proscribed terror outfit 'The Resistance Front' (TRF) in the Natipora area of Srinagar. The operation was undertaken by a small team of the "special operations group" targeting TRF, an offshoot of the proscribed terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Based on specific intelligence inputs, a select team of Srinagar police set up a checkpoint at Harnabal Natipora, leading to the arrest of three terrorist associates associated with the banned terrorist outfit TRF.

The arrested individuals include Imran Ahmad Najar, a resident of Bulbul Bagh Baramulla; Waseem Ahmad Matta, hailing from Qamarwari Srinagar; and Wakeel Ahmad Bhat from Pazalpora Bijbehara.

The suspects were arrested with three hand grenades, ten pistol rounds, twenty-five AK-47 rounds, and other incriminating materials.

Wakeel Ahmad Bhat, in particular, was previously an active terrorist linked to the proscribed terrorist organisation Islamic State-Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) and had been detained for two years. He was recently released on bail from prison.

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