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Kulgam encounter: Security forces seize explosives; militants escape

Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in the Damhal Hanjipora area during the night after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there

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As security forces were conducting searches in the Damhal Hanjipora area, militants opened fire on them and an encounter ensued as the forces retaliated

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
Security forces seized materials used in making improvised explosive device (IED) and one PIKA LMG after an encounter with militants in Jammu & Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday morning.

The encounter was reported after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Damhal Hanjipora area of the south Kashmir district during the night after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there, informed a police official. As forces were conducting searches in the area, militants opened fire on them. An encounter ensued as the security forces retaliated, he said.
 
"On a credible input an operation was