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|| Army Colonel || Major || And Three Other || Killed in North Kashmir Encounter || The team of five, which also consisted of a Kashmir Police personnel, came under heavy fire as soon as they entered the house in Changimulla , Handwara based on Intelligence inputs . Based on the intelligence input that terrorists were taking the civilian inmates of a house in Changimulla, Handwara of Kupwara district hostage, a joint operation was launched by Army and JK Police. A team comprising five Army and JK Police personnel entered the target area occupied by the terrorists to evacuate the civilians. The team of Army and JK Police entered the area and successfully extricated the civilians. . However, during the process, the team was subjected to a heavy volume of fire by the terrorists, In the ensuing firefight, two terrorists were eliminated by the Army team  Security forces also managed to gun down two militants, one of whom has been identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba commander H...