Srinagar
Two militants and a civilian have been killed during an encounter between the government forces and militants in Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.
Official sources said that the encounter has ended and during the encounter two militant identified as Sameer Ahmad Bhat alias Tiger of Drubgam and Aqib Ahmad Khan of Rajpora were killed, adding that a weapon has also been recovered from the encounter site.
They added that a house in which militants were hiding was also damaged in an encounter.
A civilian Shahid Ahmad of Arihal village was hit by a bullet during clashes near the site of gunfight underway in the village since today morning. He was shifted to District Hospital Pulwama where doctors declared him dead on arrival, they said.
Reports said that fifteen civilians were injured in the clashes. They said that five of them have been shifted to Srinagar for specialized treatment.
A major and a soldier of 44 RR were injured in the initial exchange of fire with the militants, reports said. The injured were shifted to 92 base military hospital in Badami Bagh Srinagar.
