Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 29: A militant was killed in a fierce gun battle that broke out between militants and security forces in Lolab area of North Kashmir this evening after security forces launched an operation.
Police said that acting on specific information about presence of at least 2-3 militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Lohar Mohalla, Dardpora in the frontier district of Kupwara, 28 Rashtirya Rifles of Army and Special SOG Kupwara launched a joint operation this evening.
Reports said that during the cordon, militants fired on the security forces leading to a gun battle in which one militant was killed and one AK-47 rifle was recovered from the dead militant.
The cordon around the village was strengthened. The freak weather is hampering the operations as it was snowing in the area.
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