Srinagar: Two militants were killed and a soldier and a civilian injured in an encounter which ensued after an Army convoy was attacked by Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Kulgam district on Monday afternoon.
The LeT militants has claimed responsibility for the attack on Army convoy.
The house from where the militants were firing was blasted by the security forces and firing has stopped, official sources told UNI.
Director General of Police (DGP) DR S P Vaid said dead bodies of two militants have been recovered and search operation was still going on. Taking to microblogging site twitter Dr Vaid said “Two dead bodies of terrorists recovered. Search still on”.
Sources said that militant attacked an Army convoy, which was on way from Jammu to Srinagar, at Bonigam at Qazigund this afternoon. “ A soldier was injured in the attack. The injured was rushed to a hospital,” they said.
After the attack, they said the militants tried to escape from the spot but were trapped inside a nearby house. However, when militants were asked to surrender, they opened fired at security forces.
The security forces retaliated ensuing in an encounter, they said.
They said security forces blasted the house in which militants had later hiding after attacking the army convoy on the highway, disrupted traffic for several hours.
Meanwhile, people, mostly youths hit the streets, trying to disrupt the search operation in the area. However, security forces used force to disperse the demonstrators who were pelting stones and attempting to enter the area.
