Jaish militant killed, 3 houses damaged in Shopian encounter: police
The Hindu
A local Jaish-e-Muhammad militant was killed, 36 armour-piercing rounds were recovered and at least three houses were damaged at the encounter site in Shopian on Sunday.
“Due to darkness the operation, which started around 8 p.m. on Saturday, was suspended for the night. On Sunday morning, repeated announcements were made to the hiding terrorist to surrender. However, he fired on the joint search party, which was retaliated. So far one terrorist has been killed,” IGP Vijay Kumar said. The militant was identified as Jahangir Ahmad Wani from Rakh Narapora village in Shopian.More Related News