Srinagar, July 22: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said that it foiled an infiltration bid from across the border in Bobiya area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district by killing a Pakistani intruder. "A Pakistani intruder was gunned down at International Border in Bobiya early morning today when he was trying to enter Indian territory," Ram Awtar, IG BSF Jammu frontier, told news agency ANI.

The intruder was killed when the BSF troops, guarding a post in Bobiya area, sighted some suspicious movement near the fence and fired at them. The body of the intruder was laying on the fence. Earlier today, security forces gunned down three terrorists in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. The terrorists were involved in the killing of trainee constable Mohammad Saleem Shah.

While confirming that all the three militants involved in killing of the trainee constable had been eliminated during the gunfight in Khudwani area of Kulgam district, states police chief S.P. Vaid said: "Three bodies of terrorists recovered so far from encounter site". Earlier, Vaid on his twitter page said: "Terrorists group that tortured our colleague Mohd Saleem of Kulgam and killed him brutally are all trapped in an encounter with J&K Police/Army/CRPF in Khudwani Kulgam."

Security forces had surrounded Khudwani area of Kulgam district following information about the presence of militants. Police said the hiding militants had opened fire on the security forces when the cordon around them was tightened after which an encounter had started. Shah had been abducted from his home in Matulhama village of the district on Friday evening. The bullet riddled body of the constable was found on Saturday in Qaimoh area of the same district.

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