NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (NNN-PTI) – A junior commissioned officer of the Indian army’s special forces was killed, and three troopers wounded yesterday, in a fierce gunfight with militants, in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, officers said.
The gunfight broke out in the Keshwan forest area, in Kishtwar district, about 215 km south-east of Srinagar city, the summer capital of the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
According to defence officers, the troopers were part of a search team, tracing militants responsible for the recent killing of two village defence guards.
The two civilian militia personnel were abducted on Thursday and subsequently killed.– NNN-PTI
