Jammu and Kashmir: Police officer and suspected militant killed in Baramulla gunfight
A special police officer and a suspected militant were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday night. A sub-inspector was also injured.
On Wednesday morning, the police identified the deceased officer as Bilal and the sub-inspector as Amardeep Parihar. He is undergoing treatment at the Army Hospital at present.
The gunfight began around 5 pm in Old Baramullah on Tuesday and ended around 5.30 am the following day, IANS reported. This is the first encounter in Jammu and Kashmir since the Centre revoked its special status and decided to split it into two Union territories. The state has been under a security lockdown and a communications blackout since August 5.
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