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Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
The gunfight took place in the Mishipora area of the south Kashmir district, a police official said.
The exchange of fire was going on, he said, adding there were no reports of any casualty on either side so far.
3 recently killed ultras were sent by Pakistani handlers to attack Amarnath Yatra: IGP
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Vijay Kumar this afternoon said three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who were killed in recent encounters, were sent from Pakistan to attack the annual Amarnath Yatra, which is scheduled to start this month-end.
Of the three slain terrorists, two were Pakistanis and one was a local.
“#Pakistan based handlers had sent two Pakistani #terrorists of LeT #terror outfit along with one local terrorist Adil Hussain Mir of Pahalgam #Anantnag, who has been in #Pakistan since 2018 (now all 3 killed), with the intention to attack #Yatra,” the IGP wrote on Twitter.
Mir and another terrorist — identified as Abdullah Goujri, a resident of Pakistan’s Faisalabad — were killed in an encounter at Bemina here on Monday night.
Kumar said the two were among the ultras who had escaped from a Sopore encounter on June 6.
Another Pakistani terrorist — identified as Hanzalla of Lahore — was killed in the Sopore encounter.