Army man, militant killed in gunfight

Three jawans succumbed to injuries in the encounter.

May 25, 2015 08:44 pm | Updated April 03, 2016 04:26 am IST - Srinagar

An Army man and a militant were killed in a gunfight in Kukergund-Yaripora area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir on Monday afternoon.

Dharam Ram, soldier with the Rashtriya Rifles, was critically injured in a militant attack that soon turned into a gunfight. He was immediately shifted to a hospital where he later died. In the exchange, police said a militant was also killed after he was cordoned off in an orchard.

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