In the first encounter, as the search party approached the suspected spot, the terrorist, who was hiding, fired indiscriminately upon the forces. The forces then retaliated, killing the terrorist. According to officials, one soldier was also injured.
The cop has been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Thoker. He was a local of Gudoora village in Pulwama.
The security forces nabbed the driver of a car and searched the vehicle from which a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered.
The search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the security forces, who retaliated.
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The injured cop was shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital in Srinagar for treatment.
Police and security forces cordoned off Dogripora village of the Awantipora amid reports that militants went inside the village, said the officials.
"Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Qasba Yar area of Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir," Jammu and Kashmir police said.
During the investigation of cases pertaining to multiple grenade attacks in Pulwama in south Kashmir, the police busted a network of active associates of the LeT.
CRPF, JKP, and the Indian Army conducted a joint search operation in Mirgund, Rajpora, Pulwama today during which they apprehended a terrorist identified as Sarwir Ahmed Mir.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also planted a sapling in the memory of the Pulwama terror attack martyrs.
Two militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, a senior police officer said.
Encounter has started at Wahibug area of Pulwama. Police & Security Forces are on the job.
Slain Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's father Muzaffar Wani hoisted the national flag at a school in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday as part of the Independence Day celebrations.
The Government of India is playing a vital role in attracting youth towards aromatic plant cultivation, to generate employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two terrorists were killed after an encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nagberan-Tarsar forest area in south Kashmir this morning, following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
Jammu & Kashmir: Security personnel deployed in Pulwama town where an encounter broke out earlier today
Two unidentified terrorists were neutralised by security forces in the encounter that broke out on the intervening night of July 7 and July 8 in the Puchal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
At least 5 terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Hanjin village, Srinagar on Friday. A security operation was called based on input received on Thursday evening about 5 terrorists hiding in the Hanjin village.
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