Srinagar: Five security forces personnel, including two officers, went missing during an anti-militancy operation in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, even as two unidentified militants were killed in another encounter in Pulwama, officials said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Chanjmulla area of Handwara in the north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said the security forces maintained a tight cordon and conducted searches in the area.
However, contact with militants was established on Saturday evening and an encounter ensued, the official said.
While the official gave no further details, Army sources said five security forces personnel have gone missing as contact has been lost with them.
The Army sources said the five personnel include two officers. According to the sources, a hunt has been launched to trace the missing personnel, while the operation to neutralise the militants was also on. (PTI)
