Conflict
Para commando injured after gunfight breaks out in Rafiabad
On Wednesday, in a gunfight that broke out between militants and armed forces in Rafiabad area of Baramulla district, a para commando has been injured.
Reports said a joint team of army’s 32 RR and 9 PARA commandos launched a cordon-and-search operation in the dense woods of upper reaches of Rafiabad in the wee hours of Wednesday.
GNS, while quoting a police officer said that the operation was launched in the woods and added that the joint team of forces and a group of militants hiding in the area exchanged fire.
The army has said that the gunfight is still going on.
Meanwhile, official sources told GNS that a para-commando suffered critical bullet injuries and was evacuated to a military hospital for treatment.