A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter with government forces at Reban area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday.
Reports said that a joint team of army’s 1 RR and SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation at Reban village today early morning.
As the joint team of forces intensified the searches and fired some warning shots towards the suspected spot, the militants hiding inside opened fire leading to a gunfight, they said.
A police officer told Kashmir Indepth that the cordon was laid following specific information about the presence of some militants in the area which resulted into an encounter.
In the initial phase of gunfight, one militant has been killed and operation is going on.
