Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter underway in Anantnag

According to some media reports, three terrorists are trapped inside a building.

More details are awaited.

An Army officer and a militant were killed while three soldiers were injured in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in this south Kashmir district on Monday. 

Official sources said that following specific information about presence of militants at Bidroo Akingam in Anantnag, troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police launched a joint search operation early this morning.

“All the exit points were sealed,” an official said, adding when the security forces were moving towards a particular area in the village, militants hiding there, opened indiscriminate firing with automatic weapons. “The fire was returned ensuing in an encounter.”

The sources said a militant was killed and his body was recovered, adding arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site.

However, when security forces were searching the area there was fresh firing from militants still hiding there. Four soldiers, including two officers, were injured in the exchange of fire, who were later shifted to Army hospital.

They said the officer succumbed to his injured at the hospital.