Two policemen including a Special Police Officer (SPO) have been killed in an ambush laid by the militants in India-controlled Kashmir, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday night after police on a tip-off about the presence of militants launched a search operation in Behrot area of Thana Mandi in Rajouri district, 190 km northwest of Jammu, the winter capital of India-controlled Kashmir.
"We launched search operation at around 09:30 p.m. local time following the intelligence inputs that three militants are present in the area. While the police party was advancing toward the village, it came under fire and two of our men died on the spot, "said a senior police officer from Rajouri.
Additional police and troopers have been rushed to the spot to nab the militants, who are believed to have escaped in the darkness of the night.
Search operation is going on in the region, police said.
Gun fighting between militants and Indian army troopers in the India-controlled Kashmir takes place intermittently.
Police and defense officials maintain that most of the times the operations triggering gunfights are carried out on prior information about presence of militants in specific areas.
On Wednesday, five militants were killed by Indian army on Lineof Control in Gurez, north of Srinagar city, who were trying to infiltrate into the India-controlled Kashmir.
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