Jahangeer Ganaie
Pulwama, Aug 20 : A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Khrew in Pampore hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
A senior police said that a militant has been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as the operation is on in the area.
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 an encounter—(KNO)