An encounter between the security forces and militants is underway in Mir Mohalla of the Hajin area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora.
The troops of 45 Bn Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Special Operations Group (SOG) and 13 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) were carrying out a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the region, when the encounter broke out.
Earlier on October 22, one militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Ananwan Hajin in the Handwara of North Kashmir.
Nine para military and other security forces are jointly carrying out the operation.
A policeman was injured on Sunday during an ongoing gunfight between government forces and militants in Mir Mohalla area of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
An official said that the gunfight erupted after Army’s 13 RR unit, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a joint operation in the area