SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – Five militants and an Indian army trooper were killed, in a fierce gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said yesterday.
The gunfight broke out at Hanjin-Rajpora village, of Pulwama district, about 37 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
“Of the five slain militants one was a district commander,” a police official said.
According to police, the gunfight broke out on Thursday night, after a joint contingent of police, army and paramilitary, launched a cordon and search operation in the village, on specific intelligence information, suggesting the presence of militants there.
A senior police official described the killing of the five militants a “big success.”
Meanwhile, a policeman was wounded, after militants fired upon a police party in Anantnag town.
On Wednesday, three militants were killed in a similar gunfight in the region’s Kulgam district, police said.
There has been a surge in militant attacks in the region over the past two weeks.
A guerilla war is going on between militants and Indian troops stationed in the region, since 1989.– NNN-PTI
