J&K: 4 militants killed, 3 soldiers injured in encounter in Uri, Bandipora; large cache of arms and ammunition recovered

Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the north Kashmir district of Bandipora on Sunday, a police spokesman said.

The spokesman said troops of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint operation in village Watinra Bandipora following a tip off about the presence of militants there.

However, when the security forces were moving towards a particular area in the village, militants hiding there opened fire on them. The security forces returned fire which resulted in an encounter between them.

The spokesman said two unidentified militants were killed in the encounter and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered.

He said search operation was still going on when the reports last came in.

Earlier, two militants were killed and three soldiers were injured in an encounter at Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said on Sunday.

They said a fresh contact was established on Saturday afternoon with the militants who had infiltrated into this side during the intervening night of September 18 and 19.

They said two militants were killed and three security force personnel were injured in the encounter.

Further details are awaited.

This was not a fresh infiltration attempt by militants, they said adding these militants had sneaked into this side from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) during the intervening night of September 18 and 19.

However, after a brief exchange of fire, the militants had fled from the area, they said adding later massive search operation was conducted in the forest area for about three days but the infiltrators could not be located.

Therefore, the operation was closed, they said adding that on Friday fresh contact was established with the militants.

However, on September 23 three heavily armed militants were killed by the troops at Line of Control (LoC) in Hatlanga post in Uri sector. (UNI)