The anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgan entered the third day on Wednesday as a fresh exchange of fire resulted in the killing of a third hiding militant. Earlier, two militants were killed at the encounter site.
The identity of the slain militant could not be ascertained immediately, a Jammu and Kashmir Police spokesman added.
Earlier in the day, fresh firing erupted at the encounter site in Redwani Payeen, Kulgam, when the security forces were sanitising the area following the killing of two The Resistance Front (TRF) militants, including its “commander” Basit Dar, on Tuesday.