Officials said the encounter broke out after security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Sonar area of Chatroo following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists.
The last rites of 41-year-old Prashant Satpathy, who was gunned down in Baisaran meadow of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam by terrorists on 22 April right before his spouse and minor son, were performed on Thursday.
The encounter began early in the morning when a joint team of Army, CRPF, and J&K Police cordoned off the area after receiving credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.
