Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed by security forces in an encounter in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Saturday.
A police spokesman said that on a tip off about the presence of militants in the forest at Nagberan-Tarsar Tral in Pulwama in the wee hours today, troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint search operation.
When the security forces were moving forward in the woods, militants hiding there opened indiscriminate fire with automatic weapons. Security forces also retaliated ensuing in an encounter, he said.
The spokesperson said that two militants were killed in the general area of Dachigam forest.
Search operation was going on when the reports last came in.