The two soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR) martyred during the encounter have been identified as Santosh Yadav and Sepoy Romit Chauhan. Both were critically injured during the encounter and were shifted to the military hospital at Srinagar where they succumbed, reports said.
The joint operation by the Army, CRPF and J&K Police was called off on Thursday morning.
"Two unidentified terrorists killed. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered," the police said.
Three LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter that started between terrorists and security forces at Tulran Imamsahab area in South Kashmir's Shopian district.
Confirming the killing of 5 terrorists, the J&K DGP Dilbag Singh told The Statesman that it was a mixed group of HM and LeT terrorists.
On Tuesday, security forces had a specific input about the presence of a group three militants in the area after which an operation was launched.
A gunfight erupted between terrorists and security forces in Dragad Sugan area of Shopian earlier this morning.
A partial shutdown was observed in Sopore, which is Sofi's hometown. All education institutions were shut in the area as a precautionary measure
The gunfight broke out when the terrorists fired on the security forces as they were conducting a cordon and search operation.
In another major success within two days, six terrorists were on Sunday morning killed in an encounter with security forces at Batagund in Shopian district of South Kashmir.
