Unidentified militant killed in Ganderbal encounter
An unidentified militant was killed in an ongoing encounter at Kulan, Gund area of Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday, police said.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), police said that acting on a specific tip-off, search operation was launched in Kulan are of Kangan in Ganderbal in the wee hours.
Sources said that since there were apprehensions of presence of two militants in the area, thorough search operation was being launched in the area. “We haven’t called off the encounter yet,” sources said. Meanwhile, police urged people not to get closer to the encounter site. Pertinently, Ganderbal encounter is second gunfight within 24 hours. On Monday, two militants including a Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Abu Talha were killed in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. (KNO)
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