SRINAGAR: Three terrorists were on Sunday late night gunned down in an encounter between the security forces and terrorists in Unisoo of Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara district.
Another terrorist has been captured in an injured state, reported ANI on Monday. The gunfight also left a civilian dead.
Internet services have been suspended in four districts - Sopore, Baramulla, Handwara and Kupwara.
J&K: 3 terrorists gunned down & one civilian also lost her life during encounter that started late last night in Handwara's Unisoo. Search ops still underway. (visuals deferred by unspecified time) pic.twitter.com/JQ3eaWpASH
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2017
The development comes after the security forces launched a search operation in the area.
Although the firing has stopped, the search operations are still underway.
The state's Director General of Police, SP Vaid took to Twitter saying, "In Unisoo, Handwara all the three terrorists apparently Pakistanis have been neutralized by Joint team of J&K Police, RR & CRPF. It has been raining whole night and boys were out there in the cold."
In unisoo Handwara all the three terrorists apparently Pakistanis have been neutralised by Joint team of J&K Police, RR &CRPF. It has been raining whole night & boys were out there in the cold.
— Shesh Paul Vaid (@spvaid) December 11, 2017
Following the arrest of an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Handwara, the security forces on Sunday had launched a search operation in the district's Hajin town.
The jawans had also cordoned off the area.