Three terrorists gunned down, one soldier martyred in J & K

Srinagar, Nov 27: Indian brave soldiers gunned down three militants, including one from an ISIS offshoot. A soldier was martyred and two Jawans injured in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam and Pulwama districts today, police said.

Security forces had cordoned the area and launched a search operation in the Redwani area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir around midnight. The official said as the searches were going on, militants fired on the forces, who retaliated.

One of the injured soldiers succumbed at a hospital. He has been identified as Sapper Prakash Jadhav, the official said.

The two militants killed in Kulgam were affiliated to the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba. They have been identified as Ajaz Ahmad Makroo and Waris Ahmad Malik, the official said.

"As per police records, both the killed terrorists were wanted by the law for their complicity in a series of terror crimes, including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities," a police spokesman said.