Fazil Mir
A militant has been killed in a gunfight with security forces in Turkwangam village of Zainapora area in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said on Friday.
A police officer told KDC that an unidentified militant has been killed, whose identification is being ascertained while the operation is on in the area.
As per reports one army man identified as Anil was also injured during this encounter and was accordingly shifted to 92 base hospital Srinagar for treatment.
Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.
He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight. (KDC)
