KNB News Desk
Srinagar 21 August (KNB): Three militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit have been killed by security forces in an encounter in the upper reaches of forest area of Nagbaeran Tral of South Kashmir, said police on Saturday morning.
According to police, the encounter started after a joint operation was carried out by security forces in the upper reaches of Nagbaeran Tral. Ahead of the operation, while the searches were being carried, a contact was established with the holed up militants, which resulted in the encounter between the two sides.
Later, after an hour, police said that three unidentified militants of JeM have been killed in the operation.
It was further said that the search operation is still going on in the area.
Pertinent to mention that the encounter came after the one fought yesterday in South Kashmir’s Awantipora area in which two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed. (KNB)