Assistant sub-inspector of J-K police, three militants killed in encounter

Gunfight erupted late on Saturday, an hour after bike-borne militants attacked a 'naka' party

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Updated At : 02:34 PM Aug 30, 2020 IST

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Tribune News Service
Srinagar, August 30

An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the counter-insurgency unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police and three militants and were killed in a gunfight at Panthachowk encounter on city outskirts here on Sunday.

The encounter erupted late Saturday, an hour after bike-borne militants attacked a ‘naka’ party near Panthachowk in which no injury took place.

“Soon after the shooting, a cordon and search operation was launched in the area that led to the encounter. In the encounter three militants and an ASI of police were killed,” a police official said.

Since Friday, ten militants have been killed in three operations.

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