Images from Tuesday's security operations to eliminate terrorists in Shopian and Rajouri districts in Jammu and Kashmir.
Please click on the images for a better look at what happened.
Encounter Shopian
IMAGE: Security personnel take positions to confront five Lashkar-e-Tayiba-The Resistance Front terrorists at Tulran village in Shopian, Kashmir, October 12, 2021.
Photograph: Imran Nissar/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Security personnel prepare carefully for the encounter.
Photograph: Imran Nissar/ANI Photo
IMAGE: A soldier gets ready to take on the terrorists.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: Mission Accomplished.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: A security personnel demonstrates satisfaction at eliminating the terrorists who were reportedly responsible for the acts of terror in the Kashmir valley last week.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: Security personnel on the move.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: A soldier flashes the victory sign after the shootout.
Photograph: Imran Nissar/ANI Photo
The aftermath
IMAGE: Dousing a fire that erupted after the gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: Residents seen through a window of the house where the terrorists had sought refuge.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: Residents inspect a bike damaged in the firing.
Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
IMAGE: A man throws remains of a house damaged during the encounter.
Photograph: Imran Nissar/ANI Photo
IMAGE: A house damaged in the firefight between the security forces and the terrorists.
Photograph: Imran Nissar/ANI Photo
Encounter Rajouri
IMAGE: Security personnel near the encounter site at Dehra ki Gali in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, October 12, 2021.
Photograph: Shanky Rathore/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Security personnel in action.
Photograph: Shanky Rathore/ANI Photo
IMAGE: A sniffer dog rushes to the site.
Photograph: Shanky Rathore/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Security personnel trek towards the encounter location.
Photograph: Shanky Rathore/ANI Photo
Photographs curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
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