Two militants and a security personnel were killed in an encounter near an Army camp on the outskirts of Jammu after militants targeted a CISF bus early Friday, officials said.
Nine security personnel were also injured in the operation, they said.
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The encounter in Sunjwan took place amid heightened security arrangements in Jammu and Kashmir, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Samba district.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials said a bus carrying 15 personnel for their morning shift came under attack at 4.25 am near the Chaddha camp in Sunjwan area.
A senior official of the paramilitary force said the militants fired at the bus and lobbed grenades, killing Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) S P Patil and injuring two other occupants of the bus.
The force retaliated effectively, the officer said.
According to officials, after the attack on the CISF bus, the militants took shelter in the house of Mohd Anwar in the area and were killed.