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The encounter began around 11 am when joint search teams from the Army and police confronted the terrorists in the Keshwan forest, located a few kilometers from where the bullet-riddled bodies of VDGs Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar were discovered.

Gunfight started on Thursday evening after security forces started a CASO in Sagipora area of Sopore following inputs about presence of terrorists

Sanatan Dharam Sabha called for a complete bandh in Kishtwar in protest against the killings