Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- Security forces shot dead two unidentified militants in an ongoing gunbattle in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officails said said.
The encounter broke out last evening in the Akhal Khulsan forest area after joint teams of security forces launched a search operation based on intelligence inputs about the presence of a group of three to five militants. As the joint teams of police, Army and CRPF zeroed in, the holed- up militants, they opened fire triggering a gunbattle.
" So far two terrorists have been shot dead and the operation is on," a senior police officer said.
Earlier the day, Army's Srinagar based Chinar Corps said intermittent and intense fire fight continued through the night.
"Alert troops respo...