Security forces killed three militants Sunday on the outskirts of Srinagar — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — during an encounter, the Army said.
"Three terrorists have been killed in the Mujgund operation," an Army official said.
He said weapons have been recovered from the site of encounter.
The encounter between militants and the security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar had entered into the second day on Sunday, police said.
A cordon-and-search operation was launched near the Srinagar-Bandipora road in Mujgund area on Saturday evening. The encounter ensued after a forces' party was fired upon by some militants, a police officer said.
The gunfight resumed this morning and the operation to flush out the militants is on, the officer said.
He said while the firing was stopped for the night, the forces had cordoned of the area to stop the militants from escaping. Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in the city as a precautionary measure, the official added.
Five security men were injured on Saturday in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar city.
Police sources said the five security personnel, including a soldier, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and three policemen, were injured in the fighting in Mujgund area.
"The injured men have been shifted to a hospital," an official said.
Locals said three houses in the area had been damaged in the fighting.
with inputs from PTI and IANS
