A nocturnal encounter at Redwani village of Kulgam district took place on Friday. The encounter was reportedly in south Kashmir between security forces and terrorists in the wee hours of Friday morning.

Informing about the encounter, Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, “#Encounter has started at Redwani area of #Kulgam. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice” A police officer briefed that earlier a joint team of Police, RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific input about the presence of terrorists in the village. The officer added that as the joint team of searching party cordoned the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired upon them. The fire was retaliated and a encounter started immediately.

This is the fourth encounter in the last 48 hours in Kashmir. Prior to this, three encounters of security forces claimed they have killed 5 terrorists and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition.

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