Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Awantipora

Amid ongoing IndiaPakistan tensions an encounter broke out between the police forces and terrorists in the Nader Tral area of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morningSecurity forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nader Tral area of Awantipora in the south Kashmir district after getting specific input about the presence of terrorists there a police official told PTIThe search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the forces who retaliated he saidThe exchange of firing is going on and further details were awaited the official addedThe Kashmir police shared a post on their official X handle and informed about the developmentEncounter has started at Nader Tral area of Awantipora Police and security forces are on the job Further details shall follow the X post from Kashmir police readEncounter has started at Nader Tral area of Awantipora Police and security forces are on the job Further details shall followJmuKmrPolicemdash Kashmir Zone Police KashmirPolice May 15 2025Further details are awaited into the matterMeanwhile three terrorists with affiliation to the LashkareTaiba were killed in an encounter in Shopian South Kashmir on Tuesday The confirmation of the identification of two out of three LashkareTaiba LeTaffiliated terrorists has been made sources told ANIThree of the terrorists were killed in the Shukroo forest area of Keller in the Shopian districtOne of the terrorists was identified as Shahid Kuttay son of Mohd Yousuf Kuttay and a resident of Chotipora Heerpora in Shopian sources told ANIHe was a Category A LeT operative who was involved in the firing incident at the Danish Resort in Srinagar on April 8 2024 in which two German tourists and one driver were injured He joined the terror outfit on March 8 2023Kuttay was involved in the killing of a BJP Sarpanch at Heerpora on May 18 2024 and was suspected of being involved in the killing of Territorial Army Personnel at Behibagh in Kulgam on February 3 2025The other identified terrorist was Adnan Shafi Dar son of Mohd Shafi Dar who was a resident of Wanduna Melhora in Shopian He joined the terror outfit on October 18 2024 and was a category C LeT operative He was involved in the killing of nonlocal labourers at Wachi in Shopian on October 18 2024However the identity of the last terrorist is yet to be confirmedWith inputs from PTI and ANIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params