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
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

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