A second militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Lolab area of Kupwara district, officials said on Sunday.
A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that another militant has been killed taking the toll to two in an ongoing operation in the area. “Heavy exchange of fire is going on, ” he said.
The officer further said that more reinforcements have also been rushed in to tighten the cordon around the militants.
Earlier, police said the encounter started after the forces launched an operation in Lolab area of the north Kashmir on the instance of an arrested militant, Showket Ahmed Sheikh. During the initial stage of the gunfight one militant was killed.
Meanwhile, two militants have been killed in a gunfight that broke out between militants and government forces at D.H Pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Sunday.