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J&K: Three Terrorists, One Cop Killed In Separate Encounters In Shopian, Budgam Districts
Army soldiers arrive at the site of gunfight. (Representative Image) (Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday (19 February), while in a separate gun battle still underway a policeman was killed and a second injured in central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.
According to the reports, cop turned terrorist Ishfaq Dar is likely to be one of the terrorists killed in the encounter.
The Shopian encounter started between terrorists and security forces in Badigam on Thursday night. It took place after security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about terrorists' presence.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
The gunfight has stopped, the security forces are searching the area. Arms and ammunition has been recovered from the encounter spot.
Meanwhile, in a second encounter underway at Beerwah in Budgam district "Special Police Officer (SPO) Mohammad Altaf was martyred and SgCt Manzoor Ahmad injured," police said.
(With inputs from IANS)
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