November 20
Four militants and one para commando have been killed in an early morning encounter in the Nadigam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that an encounter erupted in the area around 3 am after the government forces including the army, J&K police and CRPF launched a CASO.
As the government forces, after specific inputs about the presence of militants in the village, zeroed in on the spot where militants were suspected to be holed up, the militants fired at the forces triggering a gunfight.
During the initial exchange of fire, sources said, a 23 Para soldier was killed and two others were injured.
As the forces intensified the operation, sources said, all the four militants trapped in the gunfight were killed.
They said that the bodies of all the four militants were recovered besides, a cache of arms & ammunition.
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