Overview

• Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kulnar Bazipora, Bandipora, after receiving intelligence about militants in the area.
• The operation escalated into a gunfight when militants opened fire on approaching security personnel.
• Two security forces personnel sustained injuries during the ongoing exchange of gunfire.
• The encounter is taking place in a forested area of north Kashmir, highlighting the continued militant activity in rural and remote zones.
• This incident is the latest in a series of counterinsurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir over the past year.