Awantipora encounter: One militant killed, ops on.

Pulwama, Dec 12 : A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Baragam area of Awantipora hamlet in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Sunday.

A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a militant has been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as operation is on in the area.

Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter—(KNO)