A fierce encounter broke out when a joint search party of the Army, the police and the CRPF came under fire from hiding militants in the forests of Shalgul area at Srigufwara area. Two unidentified militants have been killed in an ongoing operation of the security forces in a forest range of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. A fierce encounter broke out on Wednesday morning when a joint search party of the Army, the police and the CRPF came under fire from militants hiding in the forests of Shalgul area at Srigufwara area of Anantnag. The operation to zero in on the militants has been slowed down due to the tough terrain of the forest range, officials said. “We suspect two to four more militants are hiding in the forest area,” the IGP said.

Source: The Hindu February 24, 2021 06:08 UTC