Gunfight breaks out between security forces and terrorists hiding in Gadole area on Wednesday morning
Srinagar, September 13
An Army colonel, a major and a deputy superintendent of JK Police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Kokernag area in Anantnag district of Kashmir, officials said here on Wednesday.
The gunfight broke out between the security forces and the terrorists hiding in Gadole area on Wednesday morning, a police official earlier said.
The colonel and the police officer had sustained critical injuries in the initial exchange of fire between the two sides.
The banned Resistance Front, believed to be a shadow group of LeT, has claimed the responsibility.