Four militants killed in two seperate encounters in South kashmir

Kulgam/Pulwama OCTOBER 10 (PTK)Four militants two each in Kulgam and Pulwama were killed in two a seperate encounters in southern kashmir on Saturday.

Officials said that two militants were killed in Kulgam on Saturday morning while as two militants were killed in an encounter in Pulwama on Saturday evening.

According to PTK,An official from Kulgam said that acting on a specific inputs about the presence of militants at Chinigam village of Frisal Tehsil in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, joint team of forces including ist RR and Kulgam police launched search operation on Friday late night.

As joint team of forces approached towards suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon forces which was retialated trigerring an encounter, he said

During exchange of fire one local and one non local militants were killed were killed, he said.

An official from Pulwama said that on Saturday afternoon a cordon and search operation was launched in Dadoora Kangan area of Pulwama district by joint team of forces including 55 RR after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area.

As forces approached towards suspected spot, militants fired upon them, which was retialated trigerring an encounter, he said, adding that during brief exchange of fire two militants were killed.

He said search operation is underway in the area.(PTK)