Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- The anti-terrorist operation in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the third day on Sunday as security forces tightened the noose around the terrorists engaged in the gun battle with them. Soon after the gunfight stopped, security forces launched searches in the forests of Kulgam to look for any bodies of militants or ammunition. Officials said that the Akhal forest exchange of fire between security forces and militants which had started on Friday evening continued till Sunday noon. "The firing between the two sides continued from Friday to Sunday noon. Now it has stopped and searches are going on in the forest area," an official of the Kulgam police control room said, adding that only one body has been recovered in the three-day operation. "One dead body was recovered on Saturday morning and after that the firing continued again. After the firing stopped around noon on Sunday, the searches were conducted by the security forces but no other dead body has been recovered so far," he added. Earlier on Friday, a joint operation by the army, police and other security forces was started after information about the presence of militants in the Akhal Kulgam area in south Kashmir. As the militants targeted security forces, an exchange of firing started which continued intermittently. "Intermittent and intense firing continued through the night. Alert troops responded with calibrated fire and tightened the noose while maintaining contact. One terrorist has been neutralised by the security forces so far," army's Chinar Corps said on Saturday. Officials said the operation is still underway....