The security forces, on Thursday, started cordon and search operations in Kanelwan area of Bijbehara, in Anantnag district.
More details are awaited.
Earlier on Tuesday, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief commander Abu Dujana of Pakistan along with his accomplice were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Hakripora village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwawa district.
Dujana was one of the most wanted terrorists and carried over Rs 15 lakh bounty on his head.