On Wednesday, in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, two terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed were eliminated in an encounter. The encounter broke out this morning between terrorists and security forces in Shopian.
Following information about presence of militants, Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Meemendar area of Shopian. Officials said that the search operation had turned into an encounter after militants opened firing towards the security forces, which retaliated.
The exchange of fire comes a day after India bombed and destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) biggest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80-km from the Line of Control (LoC), killing a “very large number” of terrorists, trainers and senior commanders. The strike was a first by the Indian Air Force (IAF), inside Pakistan after the 1971 war.