Police Officer Killed in an encounter with militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district

A police officer was today killed in an encounter with militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The gun battle is underway.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar, the 2011-batch officer from the Jammu and Kashmir Police Services was posted in Kulgam for the last two years.

He was leading the police team from the front in the encounter with the terrorists in Kulgam today where 3 soldiers were injured along with martyr DSP Aman Kumar.

Three terrorists were killed in the joint operation by the army, the CRPF and the police.

The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Turigam area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam, 68 km from Srinagar, following information about the presence of terrorists in the area.\

Reports says that the terrorists opened fire on the security forces, who retaliated, triggering the encounter.

Kulgam is 47 km from Pulwama district where over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers laid down their lives in a terror attack on Febraury 14. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for it.