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A commanding officer of the counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and two militants were killed and a soldier was seriously wounded in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir’s Tral area on Tuesday afternoon.
A senior police officer said troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, paramilitary central reserve police force and police jointly surrounded a house in Handoora village in Tral on specific information about presence of militants inside.
“As the security forces challenged the holed up militants, they opened heavy fire resulting in injuries to Colonel M M Rai, commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and a soldier,” the officer said.
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A senior police officer said troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, paramilitary central reserve police force and police jointly surrounded a house in Handoora village in Tral on specific information about presence of militants inside.
“As the security forces challenged the holed up militants, they opened heavy fire resulting in injuries to Colonel M M Rai, commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and a soldier,” the officer said.
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