A captain of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles was killed and three troopers injured in a gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday morning, police said.
A captain of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles was killed and three troopers injured in a gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday morning, police said.
A senior police officer said that the troops of Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police surrounded a house in Chinkipora locality of Sopore early morning following information about presence of militants inside.
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"The gunfight is still on and additional reinforcements have been rushed to the spot to ensure that the holed-up guerrillas do not escape," the police officer said.
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