J&K: Two terrorists killed, exchange of fire ongoing in Bandipora encounter

A search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire towards security forces positions.

Two J&K militants killed, one surrenders; civilian dies

While the firefight was underway, intense clashes erupted between surging crowds and the security forces in the area, reports said.

It was the second such clash between militants and security forces since the Centre called off the conditional Ramzan ceasefire.

Police faces challenge in countering rumour mongering on social media.

Vaid termed the killing of four civilians including a 14-year-old boy in Kulgam on Wednesday as “most unfortunate.”

J&K DGP said that at nearby Dragad, the owner of the house in which seven militants had been trapped too was killed.

A resident of Bhadradri-Kothagudem district of Telangana, 26-year-old Toufeeq followed the Islamic State (ISIS) ideology.

Of late, the frontier state has become a hub of drug trafficking as it is in the midst of Golden Triangle and Golden Quadrilateral.

Among the civilians who were killed during 2017 were nine of those who fell prey during firing incidents along the Line of Control (LoC).

Union home minister Rajnath Singh, too, dismissed reports about the presence of the IS in J&K, let alone a base in India.