Suhail Dar
One Army man has been killed during the ongoing encounter between militants and government forces in the Watnad area Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Earlier an official told The Kashmiriyat that on Saturday noon 19 RR of the Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 164 battalion of CRPF launched a joint launched a cordon and search operation in the Watnad area of Kokernag
During the cordon, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, he said. “In the subsequent exchange of gunfire, one Army man has been killed,”
He has been identified as as Lance Naik Nasheen.
Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that a massive exchange of gunfire is on in the area.