Srinagar/Nov,30: Five militants were killed and a para commando of the Indian Army injured on Thursday in two separate gunfights in Kashmir Valley.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that four militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Futlipora village of Pakherpora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
In another gunfight that erupted in north Kashmir Sagipora village of Sopore area in Baramulla, police said one militant has been killed so far while a para commando of the army was injured.
“The operation against militants in Sagipora village is still on,” police said.
In the gunfight at Futlipora village, following specific information about the presence of militants, the forces had surrounded the village in Pakherpora area of Budgam district in the morning.
‘As the forces closed in on the hiding militants, the security forces were fired upon triggering the encounter,” a police officer said.
Eight youth were injured in clashes near the site of gunfight in Futlipora village of Pakherpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday.
Reports said that youth took to streets and pelted the forces with stones to disrupt the anti-militant operation.
The forces, they said, responded by firing teargas shells, pellets and live bullets.
A health official at CHC Pakherpora said eight injured were brought to the facility for treatment.
“Five were hit by pellets while three others had gunshot wounds,” he said
A teenager was injured when a crowd clashed with the army in Pakherpora Chowk. The mob pelted stones at the army convoy carrying reinforcements to Futlipora village, the police officer said.
Sinar Ahmad, 15, was injured when the army resorted to aerial firing after the attack. Ahmad was shifted to hospital in Srinagar, he added.
Authorities have suspended Internet services in Budgam and Pulwama districts to prevent “spread of rumours”, he said.
