KL Report
SRINAGAR
Two militants were killed in a fierce encounter in Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday evening.
Official sources told GNS that army’s 7 Gadhwal launched a massive hunt to track down the militant group who were hiding in the forests from last couple of days.
Thursday evening, the army intensified the searches near the Sondigali forests adjacent to the LoC, the militants hiding in the area opened indiscriminate fire upon the forces, sources said, adding that the fire was retaliated ensuing a fierce gunfight that lasted for an hour.
During the searches army recovered two militant bodies and the hunt is on to track down the remaining militants, they said.
The militant group after having completed their tenure in the valley was now trying to ex-filtrate to the Pakistan administered Kashmir side following the directions of militant commanders based in PaK, they said.
Meanwhile, a senior defence official confirmed that two militants have been killed and the search operation is still going on in the area.
