Jammu

Kashmir

Bandipora

Hajin

6 am , following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Pakistani terrorists in the area. The hiding terrorists fired upon them, triggering the encounter in which many security jawans were injured.

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, identified as Abu Haris, was killed on Tuesday during a gunfight inand'sdistrict, police said.The encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, 30 km away from Srinagar has also killed three Indian Army soldiers in rounds of firing by militants, said an official.Eight other security personnel were injured in the encounter, including CRPF commandment of 45 Bn and Major Thapa of 13 RR. All the injured security personnel have been shifted to the Army hospital.The condition of Army Major and CRPF Commandment is said to be critical. Police sources told Mirror that encounter erupted at Parray Mohalla ofarea aroundOne civilian identified as Hilal Ahmed parray sustained injuries when security used force to quell the protesters near the encounter site.The operation against the hiding terrorists is under way. There was also a massive law and order problem as locals tried to march towards the encounter site. There have been at least half a dozen encounter in Hajin area in the past two months.The security forces have stepped up anti-militancy operations across the Kashmir Valley and have so far killed 15 terrorists, including 10 local ones, this year.