An army man was killed in a brief gunfight in Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. A police officer said that the army’s 32 RR launched a cordon-and-search-operation at Kachlu village during wee hours today, GNS news agency reported.
As the cordon was being tightened, the militants opened fire triggering off a gunfight, he said.
In the gunfight, an army man suffered critical bullet wounds and was shifted to nearby military hospital for treatment. However, he succumbed later to the wounds.
