Two terrorists were killed during an encounter in Tujjer area of north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Tuesday.
Official sources said that the encounter started after a joint team of the Army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operations Group (SOG) and CRPF cordoned off the area. The two terrorists were shot dead during the encounter. The authorities snapped the internet services in the area for “security reasons.”
A police spokesperson in a statement said that during the searches, hiding terrorists fired on the search party, which was retaliated leading to the encounter.
“In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were eliminated. The identity of the killed militants is being ascertained,” the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that some arms, ammunition and incriminating material has been recovered from the site of encounter.
Police has registered a case in this regard and the investigation has been initiated in the instant matter.
The encounter took place a day after five infiltrators and an army soldier were killed in a fierce gun-battle in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district in the State.