A soldier was injured in a brief gunfight with militants, who are suspected to be infiltrators, in Tanghdar sector near Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A police officer said that the soldier was injured when a gunfight broke out between militants and militants at Lower Sultan Post at Tanghdar. “In the firing exchange, one soldier of 6 Gadwal army sustained injuries and he was removed to hospital,” he said.
The officer said that the following the gunfire exchange, a massive search operation in local dense forests was started by army to flush out the hiding militants and the operation is still underway.