Three Army soldiers were killed in an ongoing Kulgam encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, officials said. A search operation was launched by security forces in the higher compasses of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
The encounter began Friday night after 34 Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police began look in the Halan forest area. The contact was laid out after the terrorists started shooting at the joint search party of Police and RR.
“Operation Halan #Kulgam: On specific inputs regarding the presence of terrorists in the higher reaches of Halan in Kulgam, operations launched by security forces on Friday. In exchange of firing with terrorists, three personnel sustained injuries and later succumbed. Search operations are continuing. #Kashmir@adgpi @NorthernComd_IA@JmuKmrPolice,” Chinar Corps-Indian Army said in a tweet late Friday evening.
Three soldiers injured
Earlier, the three soldiers were injured and evacuated to the hospital for treatment, official said. "#Encounter has begun at high reaches of Halan forest area of Kulgam region. Armed force and Kulgam Police are at work. Further details will follow," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted not long after the encounter broke out nearby.
In another tweet, Police said that three soldiers were harmed and they have been cleared for treatment. "#Kulgam Encounter Update: Three soldiers got injured in the #encounter. They are being evacuated to hospital for treatment. Search in the area intensifies. Further details shall follow @JmuKmrPolice," Police said in another tweet.
The spot of experience is troublesome because of the rough territory. "It is in thick woodlands and dull there," Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said. He said the cordon had been tightened and searches had been escalated.
The encounter in Kulgam broke after recuperation of a missing soldier by Police on Thursday from a plantation in Chawalgam area of Kulgam district. Police and Armed force recovered the soldier following six days of intense joint searches.
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