Suhail Khan
Baramulla, August 21: A militant, cop have been killed and another injured in a gunfight which broke out between militants and government forces in Kakarhamam area of old town Baramulla of North Kashmir’ on Tuesday evening.
A senior Police officer told Kashmir Despatch that during course of firing one militant has been killed and also one police cop identified as Bilal Ahmed lost life in the gunfight while another cop identified as SI Amardeep Parihar received bullet wound and has been shifted to hospital.
The officer further said that arms and ammunition was recovered from the slain militant and the identity of the militant is being ascertained.
Earlier Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said that a joint team of Army’s 46 RR, 53 Bn CRPF SOG launched cordon and search operation in old town Baramulla.
Pertainally Kashmir Valley remained under a lockdown for the consecutive seventeenth day on Wednesday in the wake of abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir state, with mobile phone networks, landlines and internet access cut off.
