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Gunfight breaks out in central Kashmir

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Gunfight breaks out in central Kashmir

Budgam, Jan 15, KDC: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces at village Radbugh Magam area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, Officials said.

An official told News agency Kashmir Dot Com -(KDC) that a joint team of Police, RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

He said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which retaliated, triggering an encounter.

A senior police officer also confirmed the exchange of fire between forces and militants.

As per the sources, one to two militants are believed to be trapped in the area. (KDC)

See also  *Of 177 Central Forces Personnel, 73 lost lives in J&K in 3 years: MHA in Rajya Sabha* Srinagar, Dec 21: Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that out of 177 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel, who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty from 2019 to 2021, 73 lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) 177 CAPFs personnel have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty in the last three years. He said out of these maximum 73 personnel lost their lives in J&K, followed by 27 in Chhattisgarh. Among the 73, he said 49 were from CRPF, one from SSB, who were killed in 2019z He said 20 including a BSF trooper were killed in 2020 and 3 CRPF personnel were killed in 2021–(KNO)
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