A militant was killed in a gunfight with the government forces at a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday evening, police said.
A police official said that joint teams of army, CRPF and SOG personnel laid a seige around a cluster of houses in Khudpora village of Shopian around 7:00 pm.
As the forces started a door to door search operation, the hiding militants, believed to be two in number, opened fire on them, triggering an encounter, he said.
In the gunfight, two militants are believed to have been killed, said the official.
However, only one body was recovered so far, said the official, adding that two militants were believed to be trapped inside the area. “Searches are going on in the area,” he said.
ADGP law and order, Muneer Khan confirmed the recovery of a militant’s body.
