Five Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists have been gunned down
in the ongoing firefight with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu
and Kashmir, said Kashmir Police on Friday.
According to Kashmir Police, the operation is in its
final stages and the area is being sanitised.
“Day 2: Five terrorists were neutralized by Kulgam
Police, Army, and CRPF. Incriminating materials were recovered. Operation in
the final stage; area being sanitized,” read a post on the official X handle of
Kashmir Zone Police.
However, the operation is still in progress, sources
informed.
The police, earlier, confirmed that the exchange of
heavy fire between the security forces and the terrorists from across the
border was still ongoing.
The encounter broke out at the Samno pocket of the DH
Pora area of Kulgam district in the afternoon on Thursday.
The joint operation against the terrorists involves
the Army’s 34 Rashtriya Riffles, 9 Para (elite special forces unit), police,
and the CRPF.
Further updates are awaited.
Earlier, an infiltration bid was thwarted along the
Line of Control in the Uri Sector on November 15, Wednesday, the Army said.
The Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police neutralised the
infiltrators during a joint operation named ‘Operation Kali’.
This was the second infiltration bid in the same
region.
The Army said of the two infiltrators killed was
Bashir Ahmed Malik, an important cog in the Pakistan-enabled cross-border
terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
ANI
