Policeman killed, another injured in encounter with terrorists in J&K's Budgam

Three terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district this morning after security forces launched an operation to flush them out of hiding. In another operation in Budgam district, a policeman was killed and another was injured, officials said.

In the operation in Budgam, police said they had specific information about the presence of a Lashkar-e-Toiba commander. As soon as they launched the operation, police came under heavy firing in which a Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed another and was injured.

The injured policeman has been shifted to a hospital.

"We have lost one SPO and another policeman was injured. There are reports that the holed up Lashkar commander may have escaped. But operation is on to track him down," a senior police officer said.