Three militants, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Operations and an army man were killed and three soldiers including a Major were injured in an encounter at Turigam area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday afternoon.
A police officer told news agency that the DSP Operations Aman Thakur received critical bullet wounds in his head during the encounter and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.
An army officer of Major rank along with three other soldiers also sustained bullet wounds and were hospitalized.
One among the injured soldiers of Hawaldar rank later succumbed to injuries in a military hospital here, he said.
He said that all the three holed up militants were later killed and their bodies were also retrieved from the site. “The militants were affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit”.
Courtesy GNS
