J&K: Two successive gunfights break out between security forces, militants in Doda and Kathua
While two militants and a paramilitary officer were killed in Kathua, five security personnel and a police officer were injured in Doda.
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Two separate gunfights broke out between security forces and militants on Tuesday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda and Kathua districts.
While Kathua lies along the International Border with Pakistan in the south of Jammu city, Doda is situated in the Chenab Valley region of the Jammu division.
In Kathua, two militants were killed in the gunfight in Saida Sukhal village, ANI reported. The area has been cordoned off.
One Central Reserve Police Force officer, Kabir Dass, who suffered bullet injuries in Kathua, died during medical treatment on Wednesday.
According to Additional Director-General of Police Anand Jain, the two militants entered the village and asked for water from a few houses. “[The] villagers grew suspicious and slammed the doors on them and a few raised [a] hue and cry,” Jain said.
The militants, in response, fired randomly in the air and also shot at a civilian passer-by, he added.
The Station House Officer Hiranagar and the sub-divisional police officer then reached the spot after which the gunfight ensued, Jain said. He added that one of the militants was killed while “lobbing a grenade” at the police.
A civilian named Omkar and his wife were also taken to a hospital, the police officer said. Omkar suffered an injury to the arm and is reported to be in stable...
