An encounter broke out between suspected terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. The encounter initially began in the neighbouring Kulgam district before the terrorists moved to Shopian, local reports claimed.
Based on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in Shukroo Keller area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there
They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the forces, who retaliated.
The exchange of fire is going on, the officials said, adding, so far there are no reports of any casualties on either side.
The encounter comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said ‘Operation Sindoor’ has carved out a new benchmark in India’s fight against terrorism and has “set up a new parameter and new normal”.
Addressing the nation, Modi also referred to India conducting a surgical strike in 2016 at terror launch pads along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and to the airstrikes at a terror camp in Pakistan in 2019 and said after the two operations, Operation Sindoor is India’s policy against terrorism.
