At least four terrorists, two army personnel and a civilian were killed in a prolonged gunbattle between the security forces and militants on Sunday (February 12) in Yaripora in Kulgam, Jammu & Kashmir. Three armymen also sustained injuries.
Four weapons were recovered from the slain terrorists.
The encounter began in the early hours of Sunday.
"It is no longer a secret that terrorism on Indian soil, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, is sponsored by Islamabad," said MoS Jitendra Singh on Kulgam encounter.
"Different unconfirmed figures on casualties of security forces and terrorists are doing rounds. Operation in Kulgam (J&K) is still on," said the army.
Television reports said that two millitants were killed and a soldier was injured.
Police said they had information on the militants were hiding in Nagbal Frisal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. A joint party of the police and the army had cordoned off the village on Saturday (Feb 11) night and launched the search operation.
"The encounter started after militants hiding in a house opened fire," the police control room in Kulgam informed.
#UPDATE J&K: Outside visual of house in Kulgam's Yaripora, where terrorists are hiding; encounter on (visuals deferred by unspecified time) pic.twitter.com/yvClykj2HR
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017
