Srinagar, September 22: A separatist guerrilla and a trooper have been killed in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an army spokesperson said here Tuesday.
Acting on specific information about the presence of guerrillas, troops of the Rashtriya Rifles started searches in Baramulla’s Tangmulla forests Monday evening, spokesperson of the army’s 15 Corps, Col Uma Maheshwar, told IANS.
‘When the terrorists were challenged to surrender, they resorted to firing at the surrounding troops triggering an encounter.
‘So far, one terrorist has been killed. A trooper of the Rashtriya Rifles also died in the encounter while another trooper was injured.’
The operation was underway, the spokesperson said.
—-IANS–