As part of the anti-militancy operations of the security forces, an encounter with hiding ultras began in south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Friday evening. Meanwhile, a soldier wounded in an explosion in Shopian on Thursday succumbed to his injuries.
“An encounter has started at the Rishipora area of Anantnag. The security forces are on the job,” police said. Two to three militants are believed to be hiding at the encounter site.
The police said that in the initial exchange of fire, three army personnel and one civilian got injured in the Anantnag encounter.
