Srinagar, Oct. 29 (TNS): An Indian police constable was killed in an encounter which broke out between freedom fighters and Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday, the police said.
Security forces cordoned off the Mir Mohalla village in Hajin area of the district on Sunday morning following intelligence inputs about the presence of freedom fighters there, a police official said.
When the forces were conducting searches, the militants opened fire on them, triggering a gun battle, the official said.
Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was killed in the gunbattle, the police official said.
