Rajouri, Aug 06, KDC: Two LeT militants have been killed in a gunfight that broke out between militants and security forces in Thanamandi Rajouri of district Jammu on Friday.
A police official said that two militants of the LeT outfit have been killed while a search operation is going on in the area.
He said two AK 47-Rifles with 7 Magazines, 04 Grenades, some pouches and some packets of medicine were recovered from the possession of slain militants.
Earlier, a Joint team of security forces launched a cordon and search operation after receiving the inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
“As the security forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter,”
Meanwhile, IGP Jammu police also confirmed on its twitter handle and wrote “Two unidentified militants have been killed in the encounter so far. They belong to LeT outfit. Search operation is going on.
“Two unidentified Militants were eliminated who belonged to proscribed terror outfit LeT. Two AK 47 Rifles with 7 Magazines, 04 Grenades some pouches and packets of medicine were recovered from the possession of slain Militants” he added. (KDC)