Pulwama
After receiving inputs about the presence of militants on Wednesday, a joint team of J&K Police, Army and CRPF launched a “cordon and search” operation in Puchal village in Pulwama. Officials said that the militants tried to break the cordon by lobbing grenades and opening fire, which led to a gunfight in which two of them were killed.
The slain militants, both residents of Pulwama district, were identified by the police as Kifayat Ramzan and Inayat Ahmad Dar and were said to be affiliated to the Al Badr outfit.
Kulgam
As per officials, another gunbattle took place in Kulgam a few hours later, where a joint team of police, Army and CRPF, based on inputs on the movement of militants, had laid out checkpoints at Zadora village of Qazigund.
In a statement, J&K police said that “when a suspicious vehicle was signalled to stop”, two militants “came out from the vehicle and started firing indiscriminately. However, the alert party retaliated effectively, leading to the…
