Kulgam gunfight: Another militant killed, toll 2

One more militant was killed in the ongoing operation in Arrah area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, taking the death toll of militants to two.

Official sources told a local news agency that in the ongoing firefight one more militant has been killed, taking the toll to 02. However, their identity is yet to be ascertained.

Inspector-General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told the local news agency that operation was halted for few hours as “we brought second militant’s family to the encounter site so that his family could persuade him to surrender.”

However the trapped militants refused to surrender, the IGP added.

Earlier, one militant was killed and three army soldiers including a JCO were injured.