J&K: Two militants killed by security forces in Baramulla

Acting on a tip-off about presence of militants in Lachipora area of Uri, a joint team of police and the army
launched a search operation in the area, a police official said.

As security forces were carrying out the search operation, militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter in which the two militants were killed, he said. The operation was going on when last reports came in, the official said.

(With PTI inputs)