Security personnel stand guard close to an encounter web site in J&Ok’s Pulwama district. File photograph
| Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad
An encounter broke out between militants and safety forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, March 18, 2023, police stated.
A police official stated safety forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Mitrigam space of Pulwama in south Kashmir after receiving particular inputs concerning the presence of militants there.
The search operation became an encounter after the militants fired upon the forces, who retaliated, the official stated.
The alternate of firing was on, however, thus far, there have been no experiences of any casualty on both aspect, he stated.
