
Umaisar Gull Ganie
Kulgam, April 09 (KNO): A local LeT militant has been killed in an encounter between the government forces and militants in ChakiSamad area of DH Pora hamlet in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday.
A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a local militant affiliated with LeT has been killed, while the search 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 a gunfight—(KNO)