S P Vaid, Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir said, "Three terrorists were killed in Kulgam early morning today. They were involved in kidnapping and killing of a police constable yesterday. Bodies of the terrorists and two AK-47 rifles have been recovered. One terrorist was associated with LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) and the two were locals."
Mobile internet has been snapped in Kulgam and Anantnag.
The search operation was launched on intelligence input about the movement of terrorists in the area. The search operation turned into an encounter as soon as terrorist fired at security forces.
