India News | Brief Gunfight in J-K's Kishtwar; Search Operation Underway
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An encounter took place between security forces and terrorists in a remote forest in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said.
Jammu, Aug 11 (PTI) An encounter took place between security forces and terrorists in a remote forest in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said.
The gunfight took place for a brief period when police assisted by army and paramilitary forces launched a search operation in Nownatta, Naageni Peyaas and adjoining areas following information about movement of terrorists, they said.
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Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and an operation is underway to hunt down the terrorists.
The latest encounter comes a day after two army personnel -- Havaldar Dipak Kumar Yadav and Lance Naik Praveen Sharma -- were killed and six others, including two civilians, were injured in a fierce gunfight in Kokernag woods in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
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