Kulgam encounter: Five terrorists killed in Kashmir

Nationaldesk:

Five terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam, police said Friday. Authorities said incriminating materials had been recovered and the operation - a joint effort between police and the CRPF - is in its final stages. "Area is being sanitised," the police said on X.

Inspector-General of Police Vidhi Kumar Birdi told news agency ANI the five may have been from the Lashkar-e-Taiba group. "Security forces got an intelligence input regarding the movement of some terrorists in Kulgam. During the search operation, a terrorist fired from a house, after which an encounter broke out. So far, five terrorists, possibly LeT have been killed and some bodies sighted..."