Soldier, 3 militants killed in separate encounters in Kashmir

Majid Jahangir 

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, May 27

Three militants and an Army jawan were killed in two separate gunfights in Kashmir on Friday.  

An Army jawan and a suspected militant were killed in an ongoing gunfight close to the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Nowgam sector, taking the death toll in the operation that was launched on Thursday to five.

Three unidentified militants were killed on Thursday after Army foiled an infiltration bid.

Defence sources said that a soldier and a militant were killed in a early morning gunfight in the dense forests of Tutmar Gali in Nowgam sector, 120 km northwest of Srinagar. 

“The operation is still underway,” they said.   

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The slain soldier has been identified as Havildar Hangpang Dada, 35 of Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh.

The militant group was intercepted close to Anti Insurgency Obstacle System (AIOS) on Thursday morning after the Army noticed a suspicious movement. As the militants were challenged, they opened fired triggering a gun battle. The Army maintained a tight cordon around the forest area for the whole night to ensure that the militants don’t manage to escape from the area. 

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Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in a separate gunfight in north Kashmir’s Kunzer area in Baramulla district. The gunfight erupted in Kanchipora Tangmarg, 35 km from Srinagar, when security forces launched a search operation in the area this morning.

 Police identified the two dead Hizb militants as Mehraj Bhat of Andragam Pattan and Aadil of Brath Sopore. A policeman and Army jawan also sustained minor injuries in the gunfight. Forces used explosives to blast where the militants were hiding.