In one of the encounters, three terrorists have taken control of a religious place in Budgam; Internet service has been snapped in Anantnag, Srinagar and Budgam districts, where the encounters broke out.
Srinagar: In a pre-dawn encounter at Dooru in Anantnag district, 58 km from Srinagar, an Army soldier and a terrorist were killed. Sources said that a search operation has been launched and more terrorists could be hiding in the area.
"After we got specific information, we launched search operations. We have lost one soldier and one terrorist was killed in the operation," a senior police officer said.
Internet service has been snapped in Anantnag, Srinagar and Budgam districts, where the encounters broke out.
In Srinagar, a civilian was killed after a gunfight broke out at Noorbagh. Security forces had launched an operation following intelligence inputs that some terrorists could be hiding in a house in the area. The house owner was killed during the operation.
Sources said the terrorists have escaped from the house and are believed to be hiding in a nearby place. A search operation is underway to track them down.
In a third encounter, the security forces are engaging three terrorists who have taken control of a religious place in Budgam after they fled the place where they had been hiding.
"We have called locals to ask the terrorists to come out of the religious place and surrender. There was a brief exchange of firing," a senior police officer said.
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