Militant killed in J&K gunfight

IANS  |  Srinagar 

A militant was killed on Sunday in an ongoing gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's border town of Uri, police said.

The security forces launched an operation after receiving specific inputs about militants hiding in the Kalghi forest area.

"As the cordon was tightened, the militants opened fire at the security forces triggering the gunfight," a police official said.

--IANS

sq/ksk

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Sun, September 24 2017. 10:10 IST