J-K: Poonch encounter continues for third consecutive day

The security forces’ operation to neutralise holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch continued for third consecutive day on Tuesday.

The security forces’ operation to neutralise holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch continued for third consecutive day on Tuesday.

Security personnel take positions near the building where terrorists are hiding at Allah Pir area in Poonch district. (PTI)

With the killing of one more terrorist on Monday, the number of people killed during the encounter has risen to four.

Two security personnel were also injured in the gunbattle on Monday.

Apprehending the presence of some more militants in the under-construction building of the ‘mini secretariat’, military operation was resumed on Monday morning.

Three militants and a policeman were killed in the encounter on Sunday.