The encounter took place in the Kreeri area after the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Baba Gund Khaleel area in Anantnag district following information about presence of militants there, a police official said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Tikken area of Pulwama district in the early hours of the day on receiving information about the presence of terrorists.
The gunfight took place at around 5 am in Darbha forest under Kutru police station limits when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the District Force was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
Relatives of four youngsters, who were killed in an alleged encounter last year, approached SC-appointed inquiry commission, asking to stop the release of Ram Gopal Varma’s film on the encounter
A top police officer said that two terrorists' bodies are visible and expressed possibility that there could be one more as searches are still underway.
Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Chakura area of Shopian district following information about the presence of militants there, a police officer said.
Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said Saif-ul-lah was a Pakistani terrorist who was involved in three major terror attacks on the security forces in the past.