In a gunfight with the security forces on saturday in the Baramulla area of kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir, one terrorist was killed. terrorists and security personnel engaged in gunfire earlier in the Baramulla district's Rafiabad sector. Security personnel removed the terrorist and retrieved weapons and ammo from the area. Sources told india Herald that efforts are on to determine the terrorist's precise identify.

According to sources, the gunfight was over. Nonetheless, search and sanitization efforts are currently in progress throughout the region in accordance with regular operating practice.
 
Security forces, comprising the army, paramilitary groups, and local police, have been assiduously carrying out anti-terror operations in J&K for the past three months.
 
The state of kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir is still under heightened security alert to prevent terrorists from interfering with the forthcoming assembly elections.
 
According to the news agency PTI, almost 300 paramilitary companies have been stationed in J&K for election-related tasks.
 

According to officials, anantnag has deployed 50 companies, while srinagar has got the largest deployment with 55. Budgam, Pulwama, and Awantipora police districts have 24 firms apiece, compared to 31 in Kulgam. There are 22 companies that guard Shopian, 20 in Kupwara, 17 in Baramulla, 15 in Handwara, 13 in Bandipora, and 3 in Ganderbal, which is the least deployed.
 
The incident in Baramulla occurred eleven days after a confrontation between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda area on august 14 resulted in the death of an army officer. In that incident, the security officers also shot down a terrorist.
 
 

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