SPO killed in Kishtwar encounter
Jammu, Oct 31 (UNI) A Special Task Force (STF) officer was killed in an encounter in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said today.
Sources said on a specific information, troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles, STF and Police launched an operation wherein three militants of Hizbul Mujaheedin got trapped, resulting into a fierce gun battle in village Malkinar in Chatroo tehsil of Kishtwar district.
''Acting on a tip-off security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation,'' sources told UNI, adding that they retaliated the fire in which a Special Police Officer identified as Shamas-u-Din was killed.
However, the encounter was underway till the last reports poured in, sources added.
UNI
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Story first published: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 20:34 [IST]