Pulwama/June, 7 : Four militants including two missing Special Police Officers (SPOs’) were on Friday morning killed in a gunfight in Panjran village of Litter area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The bodies of all the four militants have been recovered from the gunfight site.
A police official said two special police officers (SPOs) identified as Shabir Ahmad resident Tujan Pulwama and Salman Ahmad residentin oof Uthmula Keegam Shopian who were missing from district police line Pulwama since Wednesday evening are among the four militants killed in the gunfight.
Saying that an encounter broke out between government forces and militants in Panjren village in Litter tehsil of Pulwama district, the official said encounter started after a cordon-and-search operation was launched on specific information about the presence of the militants in the area by a joint team of Army’s 44 RR and SOG Lassipora in Panjran village of Pulwama district
The gunfight started after the hiding militants fired on the government forces and four militants were killed in the exchange of fire with the government forces, said the official,adding that “bodies of all the four militants have been recovered from the gunfight site.
Meanwhile as a precautionary measure internet services have been snapped in Pulwama district
