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Srinagar Encounter: A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Dachigam forest area of Srinagar on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported citing police. The operation, which began on December 2, was launched following specific intelligence inputs. A joint operation was carried out by the Indian Army and Jammu & Kashmir Police in the Harwan area of Srinagar. The encounter is currently underway. 

The encounter broke out on Monday evening between security forces and terrorists in the Harwan area of Srinagar district in Jammu and Kashmir. "These firing exchanges started during a CASO (Cordon and Search Operation) launched by the security forces after specific input about the presence of terrorists in the area,” officials said. 

The cordon around the area where terrorists are suspected to be hiding has been reinforced. The operation was restarted with the first light on Tuesday morning. 

Meanwhile, the Kashmir Zone Police took to X, formerly Twitter on Tuesday and wrote, “Based on specific intelligence input, joint parties of SFs launched CASO in the upper reaches of Dachigam forest. Contact established. OP is in progress. Details shall follow."

Security forces have ramped up operations against terrorists in response to a series of recent attacks. Earlier on October 20, a terrorist attack took place in the Gagangir area of Ganderbal district, when terrorists targeted a workers' camp of an infrastructure project resulting in the deaths of seven individuals.

On October 24, another terrorist attack in the Botapathri area of Gulmarg, Baramulla district, resulted in the deaths of three Army soldiers and two civilian porters when the attackers targeted an Army vehicle. The subsequent attacks on Gagangir and Gulmarg, which claimed the lives of nine civilians and three Army personnel, sparked widespread outrage. O

On November 2, terrorists also threw a grenade at the crowded Sunday Market near the tourist reception centre in Srinagar, further escalating tensions.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on November 28, attached the properties of seven absconding terrorists currently operating from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan in the Kishtwar district. As many as 36 terrorists from Kishtwar operating from PoK and Pakistan have been declared absconders, news agency PTI quoted senior Superintendent of Police Kishtwar Javaid Iqbal as saying.