Two soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed and two injured in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Friday.
The four Army personnel were injured in the gunfight. Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar, a JCO, and Sepoy Arvind Singh later succumbed to injuries.
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The gunbattle broke out when a joint patrol party of the Army and J&K police, based on intelligence inputs, launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Naidgham area in the Chhatroo belt connecting Kishtwar with south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Meanwhile, another encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Baramulla district. The gunfight, which started in the Pattan area of the north Kashmir district, is still on and more details are awaited.
#Encounter has started at Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of #Baramulla. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow.@JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) September 13, 2024
The officials said there was an exchange of fire between the search team of the security forces and the terrorists hiding in the Pingnal Dugadda forest area in the upper reaches of Naidgham village located within the Chhatroo police station limits.
Earlier, the soldiers injured in Kishtwar encounter were airlifted to an Army hospital.
In another operation on Friday, two terrorists were killed in an encounter at Khandara Kathua. The Army also recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, pistol, magazines, a machete, and a US-made M4 carbine as well.
The encounters comes days after the Army killed two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Basantgarh, Udhampur district.
The gunfights have raised security concerns ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in J&K's Doda district.
