<p>Drones have been pressed into service to pinpoint the location of the terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area on a hilly terrain in Jammu and Kashmir's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/shiv-sena-leader-sanjay-raut-asks-pm-modi-amit-shah-to-ensure-law-and-order-in-jammu-and-kashmir-23309179" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Anantnag district</a>, officials said as the operation to flush out the ultras entered the third day on Friday.</p>
<p>The terrorists killed four <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/two-let-terrorists-encircled-by-jammu-and-kashmir-police-in-anantnag-23308987" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">security personnel</a> on Wednesday.</p>
<p>"The forces fired mortar shells on the terrain where they believe the terrorists are hiding, based on drone surveillance," the officials said.</p>
<p>The security forces have maintained a tight cordon in the area, they added.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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The terrorists killed four security personnel on Wednesday; the security forces have maintained a tight cordon in the area

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