Budgam encounter: Two militants killed by security forces

Manglore Today News Network

Srinagar, Jan 21, 2019 : Two militants are reported to have been killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district. An encounter broke out early in the morning on Monday in Budgam’s Zinpanchal, Chrar-e-Sharief, reported Hindustan Times.

 

The encounter is still underway between security forces and a third terrorist.

The encounter began when security forces, acting on information about militant presence in Hapatnar forests of Chrar-e-Sharief, began a cordon and search operation.

“As the cordon was being tightened, the hiding terrorists fired upon the security forces triggering the encounter which is presently on,” news agency IANS quoted the police as saying, adding that the area is mountainous and reinforcements have been rushed in. The gun fight is going on amid rains and snow in the Valley.

This is the first encounter in central Kashmir’s Budgam this year.

Mobile internet has been suspended in Budgam.