3 terrorists escape after encounter in Kashmir’s Kulgam

The encounter in Kulgam is the fourth in Kashmir since the 21-day lockdown was clamped across the country to break the chain of Covid-19 infections.

Two to three terrorists escaped from the site of a gun battle with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday.

Ten terrorists and five security force personnel have been killed in different parts of the region in the 4 encounters that have taken place during the nationwide lockdown. (PTI)

A spokesperson of the police said an operation was launched along with the Indian Army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Nandimarg of Kulgam based on credible inputs.

“Some exchange of fire took place immediately after laying a cordon around the target houses. It seems that the militants ran away in initial firing itself,” the spokesperson said,

“One PIKA LMG (light machine gun) and material for making IED (improvised explosive device) have been found from the house of one Aslam. Now, a tracker dog is being used for tracking down the escaped militants,” the spokesperson added.

The encounter in Kulgam is the fourth in Kashmir since the 21-day lockdown was clamped across the country to break the chain of Covid-19 infections.

Ten terrorists and five security force personnel have been killed in different parts of the region in these encounters in the past few days.

Police claimed to have killed 23-year-old Jaish-e-Mohammed commander in Sopore, who was active since 2018, two days ago.