As the gunfight began, additional troops were rushed to the area, and security officials deployed drones and other equipment for aerial surveillance to pinpoint the exact location of the militants.”Contact has been established with terrorists during a joint operation with Jammu Kashmir Police at Chhatru, Kishtwar today morning. Additional troops have been inducted, and operations are ongoing to neutralise the terrorists,” the White Knight Corps wrote on X.Sources said it is suspected that a group of two to three militants are hiding in the forest.The encounter comes days after security forces killed six militants in twin operations in south Kashmir last week.On May 13, three LeT militants, including the outfit’s operations commander, were killed in an encounter in the Kellar area of Shopian.On May 15, three local Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed by security personnel in a gunfight in the Tral area of Pulwama district.
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