An army man and a civilian loose their lives after militants and government forces exchanged brief gunfire at Kakapora in south Kashmir Pulwama district on late Sunday night.
Official sources said that suspected militants opened fire upon army’s 50 RR camp at Kakapora, late this night. The fire was retaliated by Army triggering off a brief encounter.
While confirming the incident, SSP Pulwama Mohammad Aslam Choudary said that militants fired upon the Army camp late this night.During the firing exchange, one civilian and one army man had sustained injuries.
Sources said army man was immediately evacuated to 92 base hospital Badamibagh where he succumbed.
Sources said that the injured civilian namely Bilal Ahmad Ganie, a sumo driver by profession of Narwa Kakapora received critical bullet wounds in his head and died on the spot.
SSP Pulwama said that the civilian was shifted to PHC Kakapora where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, the body of slain has been shifted to police station Kakapora.
