Srinagar, Dec 29: A woman was killed and a policeman injured in a gunfight between hiding militants and security personnel in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir where an ultra and a special police officer lost their lives in separate incidents today. Two militants hiding in a house at Arihal village of Pulwama district, engaged policemen in an exchange of fire for the second day injuring a woman and constable Mohammad Ayub, official sources said adding the woman later succumbed to injuries. In another encounter which broke out during search operations, security forces shot dead an unidentified militant at Kralipora village of Kupwara district. Militants abducted and killed special police officer Sabzar Ahmad Mir in Boomrath village of Anantnag district. One Mohammad sultan was shot at and injured inside his house at Safalpora-Handwara in Kupwara district, they said.
Militants fired two rifle grenades at a CRPF bunker at Lal Chowk in Anantnag district yesterday but no one was injured. While one grenade did not explode the other exploded on the roadside, the sources said.
Bureau Report