Baramulla: Three militants have been killed in an encounter at Chak Tappar area of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said Saturday.
Quoting an official, news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that two more unidentified militants have been killed at Chak Tappar encounter that started late night yesterday, the the number of total slain to three. Initially, one militant was killed.
The search operation is ongoing. The militants were trapped inside a school building.
Earlier officials said that a joint team of Army’s 29 RR, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police had laid a cordon and search operation in Chak Tappar village of Pattan in Baramulla district after having credible inputs about the presence of some militants in the area. (KNO)
