JJ CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Dec 8: An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said.
They said the gunfight erupted at the Check Cholan village of the district when the joint teams of Police, Army and CRPF cordoned the area following an input about the presence of militants in the area.
Police said the operation is still going on.
“#ShopianEncounterUpdate: 01 unidentified #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice, ” a police tweet said.
According to sources said two to three militants were present in the area when the operation started.
This is the second encounter between militants and forces in Kashmir this month. On December 1, Jaish-e-Mohammed local commander Yasir Parray, who was an improvised explosives device (IED) expert of the outfit, and a foreign militant Furqan alias Ali Bahi, were killed in an encounter at Qasbayar village in Rajpur in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Over 140 militants have been killed this year in Kashmir. UNI
