Srinagar | Sunday, Feb 14 : A militant was reportedly killed in a fierce encounter, this time in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, official sources said here today.
Yesterday five militants of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) were gunned down in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir, where two soldiers also laid down their lives and two others were injured.
Official sources said security forces and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir launched a joint operation at Lilhar New Colony Kakpora in Pulwama district in south Kashmir today following a tip-off about the presence of militants.
However, when the security forces moving towards the particular area, militants hiding there opened fire with automatic weapons. Security forces also retaliated and in the initial exchange of fire one militant was killed.
There could be one or two more militants trapped there, they said, adding operation was going on when the reports last came in.
