Militant killed in Rajouri encounter, 3 men in uniform injured

Rajouri, Sep 12, KNT: Police on Tuesday said that a militant was killed while three soldiers sustained injuries in an encounter in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The encounter broke out earlier today after joint parties of the army and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir launched a search operation in the Narla area of the frontier district.

An official said that one militant was killed in the encounter. Two army personnel and a cop were wounded in the gunfight, he said, adding that the injured were shifted to a nearby health facility for treatment.

The encounter was underway till the filing of this report. [KNT]