Srinagar: A CRPF Inspector was among four government forces’ personnel killed while eight others including a commandant of the CRPF were injured in the gunfight at Babagund Langate area of Handwara on Friday.
Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that one of the two militants presumed dead during the gunfight in Babagund area opened fire on the search party, resulting in injuries to a CRPF inspector, a policeman and five army men.
All the injured were shifted to a hospital where CRPF inspector namely Pintoo Singh of 92 BN CRPF and the policeman of SOG Handwara namely Naseer Ahmad succumbed.
A fresh gunfight began between the forces and the militant in which a CRPF commandant, one paramilitary trooper and a policeman were injured along with two more army men.
A civilian was killed during clashes near the gunfight site.
Identified as Waseem Ahmad Mir, son of Muhammad Akbar Mir of Sagipora Langate sustained injuries during the clashes and later succumbed.
