While an unidentified militant was killed in Sopore township of Baramulla district of north Kashmir, another was killed in Shopian district of south Kashmir in an operation which began on Friday, a police officer said.
Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Warpora area of Sopore in Baramulla, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there on Saturday morning, he said.
As the forces was searching the area, the militants fired upon them. The forces retaliated, ensuing a gunfight in which one militant was killed, the officer said.
The identity and group affiliation of the slain ultra was being ascertained, he added.
In another operation which began in Pandushan area of Shopian on Friday, the officer said security forces killed a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant Manzoor Bhat.
On Friday, another JeM militant Zeenat ul Islam Naikoo, a resident of Memandar area of Shopian, was killed in the gunfight, the officer said.
He said both the militants were involved in a series of terror crimes and other civilian atrocities.
"Naikoo has a long history of terror crime records and several terror crime cases were registered against him including relating to attack on police station Shopian, abduction of a civilian Shakoor Ahmad, killing of four policemen in Shopian, abduction and killing of a civilian Tanveer Ahmad among others," he said.
Earlier, two CRPF personnel and a Special Police Officer (SPO) of the J&K Police were killed in a terrorist attack at Kreeri in Baramulla district on Monday.
Security forces had launched an operation immediately after the attack to track down the terrorists who had escaped from the spot after carrying out the attack in an orchard. A contact was established with them that triggered the encounter.
"Kreeri encounter update, one more terrorist killed, total two terrorists killed so far. Operation going on," the police said.
IG police Vijay Kumar told reporters that three terrorists from the LeT were behind the attack and an operation is underway to nab the attackers.
(IANS)
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"One more terrorist killed. One more pistol seized. Two critically injured soldiers have also succumbed to their injuries. The joint operation in progress," the Army said.
Two CRPF men and one J&K policeman were killed on Monday.
A large quantity of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 rifle and three pistols were seized.
The security forces had launched the operation on Monday to track down the terrorists who had escaped after attacking a joint patrol party of the police and CRPF.
A contact was later established with the terrorists that triggered the encounter.
On Monday, LeT's north Kashmir chief Sajad Ahmad Mir was among the two terrorists killed in the encounter.
Two Army men had sustained gunshot injuries and were shifted to hospital.
According to police, Mir had a history of terror crimes since 2016. "He was involved in planning and executing several terror attacks in the area, including atrocities on civilians and attacks on security establishments," police had said.
Police said he was also involved in recruitment of youths in terror ranks.
The other killed terrorist, Anayatullah Mir, was also involved in threatening and harassing civilians in Pattan area and transporting foreign terrorists from north Kashmir to central and south Kashmir, police had claimed.
(IANS)
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