Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Check Sadiq Khan area of south Kashmir district on Sunday after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants.
Of the five terrorists that were killed by security forces, two were neutralised by security forces in the encounter on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Hanjin village in Rajpora area of the district, following information about presence of militants.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officers and Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation, led by West Karbi Anglong Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Prakash Sonowal.
According to Sandip Patil, DIG, Gadchiroli, the operation was a huge success for Maharashtra Police and there is a possibility that more Naxals were wiped out in the encounter
Security forces were engaged in an exchange of fire with militants in Hadipora area of south Kashmir's Shopian districts. One militant was killed on Saturday.
According to IG Bastar P Sundarraj, on the morning of February 24 around 10 am, there was an encounter between security forces and Naxals in the forest hill of village Kukur.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Shalgul forests in Srigufwara area of the district following information about the presence of militants.
The gunfight took place around 10 am in a forest located between Surnaar and Tetam villages when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation.