The gun-battle between militants and security forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district ended on its second day with the killing of the third militant. Jammu-Kashmir police tweeted from its official handle #Bahmnoo Pulwama encounter update. Security forces had launched a search operation in Bahmnoo area of Pulwama on Monday morning following information about presence of militants in the area, a police spokesman said. On Saturday, Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Bashir Lashkari -- who was behind the killing of SHO Feroz Dar last month -- and his accomplice were gunned down in an encounter in south Kashmir. In a separate incident, a policeman and a woman were injured when militants attacked a police party in Anantnag town of south Kashmir on Monday morning.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2017 03:33 UTC