Anantnag encounter: Operation continues for Day 3, one soldier missing; drones employed to flush out terrorists

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Kashmir's Anantnag district for the third day on Friday to flush out the ultras. According to reports, one soldier still remains missing.

-The Indian Armed Forces have employed drones and quadcopters to pinpoint the location of the terrorists who have taken positions in the forest in Anantnag. -The terrorists killed four security personnel on Wednesday.

-The forces fired mortar shells on the terrain where they believe the terrorists are hiding, based on drone surveillance, officials have said. The security forces have maintained a tight cordon in the area, they added.

-On Thursday police claimed to have "encircled" two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists in the higher reaches of Anantnag district of south Kashmir. -Colonel Manpreet Singh, commanding officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles unit of the Army, Major Ashish Dhonchak, Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat and a soldier were killed in an encounter with the terrorists at Gadole in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district on Wednesday morning -In Jammu, anti-Pakistan protests were held on Thursday in various parts of the city against the killing of four security personnel by terrorists.