Unidentified militant killed in Tral, says CRPF

Srinagar, March 10: An unidentified militant was killed Monday in an encounter with CRPF troopers in Tral town of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Official sources told that unknown militants opened heavy gunfire over a patrolling party of CRPF 182 battalion near the bus stand Tral in Awantipora area of the district. In the retaliatory fire, an unknown militant was killed on 10 Mar 2014.

Two more militants while taking the advantage of darkness managed to escape from the site, he said.

“One militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight. Searches have been launched in the area,” a CRPF spokesman Kishore Prassad said.

However, official sources told that police didn’t recover any arms or ammunitions when it reached the spot. (GNS)