‘4 militants killed, soldier injured in ongoing Kulgam gunfight’

Umar Rashid

Srinagar, April 26: Four militants were killed and an army soldier was injured in an ongoing encounter at Guddar area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday evening.

“In view of inputs regarding militants planning to kill cops, an exhaustive domination plan was carried out by joint forces of Kulgam Police, RR and CRPF,” a police spokesman in a statement said.

The spokesman said that today at about 8:00 pm the patrolling party of joint forces was attacked by militants in between villages Chehlan and Asthal. “In exchange of fire one army official got injured”.

Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that four militants were killed and an army soldier received a bullet wound in his leg. “The operation in the area is still going on,” the IGP said.

GNS