Six militants were killed in two operations in Jammu and Kashmir on November 17, the police said.
Five militants were killed in an overnight encounter in the Samno pocket of D.H. Pora in Kulgam. The militants were hiding inside two structures that were razed in the operation with the help of explosives, following a fierce gunfight, a police spokesman said.
In the Pir Panjal Valley of Jammu, one was killed during an anti-militancy operation in Rajouri. The police said the terrorist was neutralised at Behrot in the Budhal area of Rajouri. “A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the encounter site. The identity of the terrorist is being ascertained,” the police said.