Key Takeaways
- The Srinagar police confirmed two militants were killed close to the LoC.
- Baramulla district saw a fresh gunfight as part of an ongoing anti‑militancy drive.
- The operation aligns with a larger effort against Laskar‑e‑Taiba militants in south Kashmir.
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed in an ongoing operation close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
Police said the encounter took place in a forward area at Hathlanga Uri, underscoring the heightened security activity in the region.
The militants, believed to be infiltrators, were killed in an encounter that erupted in a forward area at Hathlanga Uri.
” Two terrorists killed. Search going on,” Police said in a post on X(Twitter).
“Further details will follow,” the police said.
The fresh gunfight erupted at a time when a massive anti-militancy operation is under way in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district to neutralise two to three Laskar-e-Taiba militants, killing two Army officers and a Deputy Superintendent of Police. The operation at Garol in the Kokarnag forest area, now in its fourth day, resumed on Saturday.
On late Friday, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said, “all two-three trapped terrorists will be neutralised.”
