Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) A gunfight started on Tuesday between holed up militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Police sources said troops of Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group of state police started a cordon and search operation in Waghama village of Anantnag district today following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there.
"Hiding militants fired at the surrounding security forces triggering an encounter. Intermittent firing exchanges are now going on", police sources said.
An army major identified as Ketan Sharma belonging to Meerut Cant (Uttar Pradesh) and a militant were killed in a gunfight in Bidoora village of Anantnag district yesterday. Three soldiers including a major were injured in Bidoora gunfight.
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz