Security forces kill militant in Srinagar encounter in Jammu and Kashmir
India sent tens of thousands of additional troops – joining 500,000 already there - to the disputed region, imposed a crippling curfew, shut down telecommunications and the Internet, arrested hundreds of Kashmiri political leaders, and turned parts of the main city of Srinagar into a fortress of roadblocks and barbed wire. (ANTARA FOTO/REUTERS/Danish Ismail/wsj/cfo (REUTERS/DANISH ISMAIL). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
SRINAGAR, Jun 21, 2020, PTI. A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces here on Sunday, police said, The Financial Express reported.
Based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the Zoonimar area of the city, security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation this morning, a police official said. He said as the forces were conducting searches in the area, militants fired upon them.
The forces retaliated leading to a gunfight. An unidentified militant has been killed in the encounter, the official said.
The exchange of fire is going on. Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in the city as a precautionary measure, the official said.
Restrictions on the movement of people have also been imposed in most parts in downtown areas of the city, the official added.
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