Kulgam Encounter: 1 terrorist killed, gunfight underway in J&K's Tazipora area

Kulgam Encounter: The gunfight broke out between security personnel and holed-up militants in Tazipora, Mohammadpora area of Kulgam district.

Kulgam Encounter: An exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir was reported early on Wednesday morning. (Representative photo: PTI)

Kulgam Encounter: An exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir was reported early on Wednesday morning. Heavy firing broke out between security personnel and holed-up militants in Tazipora, Mohammadpora area of Kulgam district. One terrorist was killed in the gunfight, while it is further believed that two to three militants must be trapped in the area. The encounter is underway and as a precautionary measure, authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in Kulgam district. After receiving specific information about the presence of militants in Kulgam district's Tazipora village on Tuesday evening, security forces including Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) carried out a cordon and search operation. "The cordon and search operation was started late yesterday evening. As the security forces came close to the house where the militants were hiding, they fired triggering an encounter which is going on, at present," police sources said.

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Earlier on Tuesday, Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. Based on specific intelligence inputs, security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in the Kachwan forest area of Kokernag in the south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. The operation turned into an encounter as the terrorists opened fire at the search party, he said. In the subsequent exchange of fire, two gunmen were killed, the official said. He said one of them was identified as Faisal Nazir Mir, a resident of Anantnag, and incriminating materials recovered at the site of the encounter revealed that the other was a Pakistani citizen. As per the police records, both were affiliated with the JeM, the official said, adding that Mir had joined the outfit recently.