Srinagar, Mar 27, KDC: Second un-identified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter in Wangam area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said.
Sources told news agency KDC that the one more un-identified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter in Shopian district.
Earlier, one among three Army soldiers who was injured in an ongoing gunfight succumbed to his injuries at 92 base Army Hospital Srinagar.
Sources said that Army soldier belonging to 34 Rashtriya rifles identified as Pinku Kumar, a resident Bagpat district of Uttar Pradesh, who suffered critical injuries earlier during the gunfight has scrummed to his injuries.
Sources said another soldier Mandeep Kumar of same unit has also been brought to the BB cant hospital and is undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, Police said that during the joint operation it killed two unidentified militants and recovered an American made M-04 from the encounter site, adding that the operation is still on.
Internet services in the area has been suspended for precautionary measure.
Earlier, joint team of Police, army’s 34 RR and CRPF had launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.
“As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which were retaliated triggering an encounter.”
Moreover, searches are on in the area as more militants are believed to be trapped. (KDC)
