Contact with five security personnel, including two military officers, and other soldiers have been lost during the ongoing encounter in the forests of Handwara in Kupwara district, North Kashmir, since Saturday morning. The security personnel are trapped in the same house from where the terrorists are firing. Since then, security forces have launched a massive campaign to save the soldiers. Earlier, 2 terrorists were killed and one soldier was injured in the encounter.
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This encounter is going on in Chanjmula village of Handwara. The officials concerned said that a group of Lashkar terrorists were seen in the jungles of Rajwar for the past few days. Among them, Hyder's famous divisional commander Haider is also being told. If sources are to be believed, Hyder came with his companions to pick up a new squad of terrorists coming from across the LoC. However the security agencies have not confirmed this fact.
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On Friday, the security forces launched a campaign to catch the terrorists in a terrible situation like Corona. A brief encounter between militants and soldiers also took place in Nagni jungle on Friday night, but the terrorists escaped after breaking the siege. The soldiers continued to chase the terrorists and on Saturday afternoon, they surrounded the terrorists in Chanjmula village. The number of terrorists is said to be 4 to 5. The encounter started at around 3 in the afternoon. The terrorists were hiding in a house.
