Amarnath Yatra: Earlier, due to bad weather along both Baltal and Pahalgam routes, no movement of pilgrims was allowed from either side towards the cave shrine and the pilgrims were not allowed to move towards the Valley from Jammu.
The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in Hadigram area.
Amarnath Yatra: The annual 43-day pilgrimage commenced on June 30 after a gap of over two years due to Covid-19.
LeT commander Talib Hussain and Faizal Ahmad Dar, a categorised terrorist of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, were captured in Tuksan village, said police.
At the Baltal base camp, a 70-bed fully-equipped DRDO hospital has been set up for quality healthcare services to the pilgrims.
The police said that the security forces launched a cordon and search operation following information about the presence of militants in the area.
Today's encounter comes a day after seven terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Kashmir.
In Pulwama, a terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in the wee hours of Monday. Four terrorists were killed in Kupwara, while two were killed in Kulgam.
The encounter in Kupwara began after the forces launched an operation in the Lolab region of North Kashmir.
The device was detected by the troops of 30 Rashtriya Rifles on Baramulla-Handwara road in the morning.
The attack on Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad Mir took place at Samboora in the Pampore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday
Pakistan-based handlers had sent two Pakistani terrorists of the LeT terror outfit along with one local terrorist Adil Hussain Mir of Pahalgam Anantnag. The local terrorist had been in Pakistan since 2018.
IED was recovered in the Puthkah area of Sopore. Traffic was suspended after the suspicious object was located in the Sangrama stretch of the highway.
The police recovered incriminating materials including arms and ammunition from the terrorists.
Three terrorists, including one from Pakistan, were killed in two separate encounters in J&K. Based on information about the movement of terrorists in the Kandi area of Kupwara, a joint special operation was launched by the security forces, a police spokesperson said.
Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Talib Hussain Gujjar's, arrest is seen as a huge success by the security forces.
Three soldiers and a civilian sustained injuries in the early exchange of firing with the militants.
One militant was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday. According to reports, a civilian and a soldier also got injured in the encounter.
The duo had received critical gunshot injuries and were immediately shifted to hospital for the treatment of their injuries. However, one of the injured Dilkhush has succumbed to his injuries whereas the condition of other injured is stated to be stable, J&K Police said.
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