Three personnel of the Chhattisgarh police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed in an encounter with Naxalites in Sukma district of the state on Saturday, a senior official said.
Four terrorists have been gunned down in an encounter in Sidhra area in Jammu & Kashmir. Seven AK-47 rifles, 3 pistols along with other ammunition were recovered. ADGP Mukesh Singh said, truck owner is yet to be identified, truck was on way to Srinagar from Jammu. Search is still underway.
Police said three terrorists were killed in the encounter, which broke out in the Sidhra area of Jammu district.
The deceased has been identified as Lalabati Majhi.
The gunfight took place in a forest close to Jal Mahadev Temple under Khaprakhol police station limits after security personnel of Odisha's elite Special Operation Group (SOG) and Bolangir district voluntary force (DVF) spotted a Maoist camp during a combing operation.
The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.
"One local terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT killed in Moolu encounter. Operation going on," police said.
The Police added that acting on specific information generated by them regarding the presence of terrorists in Dangerpora area of Nowgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Police and the Army.
Police said as per its records, the killed terrorist was a categorised terrorist and involved in terror crime cases, including attacks on Police and Security forces.
Acting on specific information generated by the Shopian Police regarding the presence of terrorists in Hushangpora village in Nagbal area on Tuesday, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, Army and CRPF.
Searches are on to trace the terrorist, who was injured in the encounter.
The gunfight started on Saturday evening after a joint team of police and security forces received an input about the presence of terrorists in the area.
As per a report, Rundu, a habitual offender was on the radar of police for his involvement in several criminal cases in the region.
The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.
The operation being carried out by the Anti-Gangster Task Force is going on at Bhakna village close to the Attari border, where gangsters Manpreet Singh, alias Mannu, and Jagroop Singh, alias Rupa, both the key accused in Moosewala's killing, were holed up.
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