Srinagar: On an information a cordon and search operation (CASO) was carried out at Kungnoo Shopian, by 44 RR and police. The CASO concluded without any arrest or recovery, an police spokesman said.
While returning from Kungnoo, the CASO party, according to police spokesman, was attacked by unknown militants at Mulu Chitragam at about 2 am resulting in injuries to six army personnel including two officers of whom three succumbed to their injuries.
One lady Mst Taja wife of Ghulam Mohammed Mir of Mulu who was hit by a stray bullet inside her house during the cross fire also succumbed to her injuries.