Kulgam: A military operation against militants has started in Redwani Bala area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Wednesday.
Police officials said that a joint team of police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Redwani Bala following the information about the presence of militants in the area.
#Encounter has started at Redwani area of #Kulgam. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) December 15, 2021
As the joint team of armed forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them triggering the operation, the officials said.
A senior police officer also confirmed about the exchange of firing between militants and armed forces.
Pertinently, this is the second military operation south Kashmir witnessed in the last 12 hours.
Earlier, a military operation in Uzrampathri area of Pulwama ended with the killing of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant.
The slain was later identified by the Jammu and Kashmir police as Feroz Ahmad Dar of Heff-Shrimal area of Shopian district.
Feroz was the district commander of Hizb who had joined militant ranks in 2017 and was the lone surviving militant in Zainapora hamlet of Shopian which was known as the hotbed of militancy.
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