Security forces launched a search operation on Saturday in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir after getting information about the movement of three suspected militants near a forest area, officials said.
They said a joint team of police and paramilitary forces cordoned off Nangal, Chilladanga, Goran, and adjoining forests early morning for a thorough search operation, which is underway.
As per officials, the operation was launched after the locals had spotted and informed the police about the suspicious movement of three persons during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
No trace of the suspected militants has been found so far, the official said.
This is developing news; more updates shall follow as they emerge.
The security forces have intensified counter-insurgency operations in the Kashmir valley; as a result, six militants have been killed in two separate districts of south Kashmir, including Shopian and Pulwama.
The encounter took place in south Kashmir’s Tral area, the native village of a Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani, who was killed in 2016.
"Three terrorists have been killed in encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir," officials said.
This comes days after three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed in an encounter with the armed forces under Operation Keller in Shopian.
The killed terrorists were associated with the Pakistan-supported banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Among them, Shahid Kuttay and Adnan Shafi Dar were locals from Shopian, and their family homes had been demolished after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead, most of whom were tourists.
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