Earlier in the day, a gunfight in Shopian, south Kashmir, claimed the life of a militant, the police said...
Digital Desk: A policeman was killed and a paramilitary personnel was injured after terrorists attacked a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Force (CRPF) manning a check post in south Kashmir on Sunday (October 2).
According to the police, terrorists surfaced at Pinglana village in Pulwama, south Kashmir, on Sunday afternoon and opened fire randomly on a joint checkpoint of the J-K Police and the CRPF, which returned fire.
The militants managed to escape after the shootout. However, a joint backup of police, army, and paramilitary forces was dispatched to the village to track down the terrorists.
"Terrorists fired upon a joint naka party of CRPF and police at Pinglana Pulwama. In this terror attack, 01 police personnel got martyred and 01 CRPF personnel got injured. Reinforcement sent. Area being condoned. Further details shall follow," the police tweeted.
Earlier in the day, a gunfight in Shopian, south Kashmir, claimed the life of a militant, the police said.
A joint team of J-K Police, army, and paramilitary officials cordoned off the Baskuchan village of Imam Sahib in south Kashmir's Shopian on Sunday morning following information regarding the presence of terrorists in the village.
As the joint team of soldiers closed in on the target, insurgents hiding nearby started firing. The joint team of forces returned the fire leading to a gunfight that ended with the killing of a local militant. According to the police, the killed terrorist belonged to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
"Killed terrorist identified as Naseer Ahmad Bhat of Nowpora Baskuchan Shopian, linked with LeT terror outfit. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition, including AK rife recovered. He (Bhat) was involved in several terror crimes and recently escaped from an encounter," the police tweeted while quoting ADGP Vijay Kumar.
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