19/02/2019
SRINAGAR, Feb 18: Three Jaish terrorists, including a Pakistani commander of the group linked to the February 14 CRPF bombing, and an Army major were among nine people killed in a 16-hour encounter in Pulwama district on Monday, officials said.
At least nine security personnel, including a brigade commander and a lieutenant colonel and a deputy inspector general of the Jammu and Kashmir police, were injured in the gun battle in Pulwama's Pinglan area, about 12 km from where a suicide bomber belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed drove his explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus last week, killing 40 jawans.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Amit Kumar was injured in an encounter between security forces and terrorists here, the police said.
Kumar was hit by a bullet in his leg and was shifted to Army hospital, the police said. His condition is said to be stable.
The Pinglan encounter claimed the lives four Army personnel, a policeman, three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists and a civilian, t...