Batamaloo gunfight :Militant, Women killed, two CRPF troopers wounded ,ops on

Srinagar : An unidentified militant,and a women was killed while as and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personals were injured in an ongoing gunfight that broke out between government forces and militants in Firdousabad locality of Batamaloo area in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.

An official told news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com-(KDC) a militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight in Batamaloo. In the initial exchange of gun fire a women lost his life in the crossfire identified as Kousar Reyaz (45) while as two CRPF paramilitary troopers sustained injuries.

Kousar was then immediately shifted to police hospital with bullet injuries but she couldn’t survive and CRPF troopers were also hospitalized where their condition is stated to be stable.

Earlier, at about 02.30 am in the nigh joint forces including CRPF and Police had launched searches in the Firdousabad locality following specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. As soon as forces zeroed towards the suspected spot the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, leading to an encounter in which a militant, women was killed while as two CRPF troopers sustained injuries and operation is still underway.

Pertinently, After Nawakadal, Zoonimar and Malabagh this is 4th encounter of 2020 . The first civilian casualty in an encounter in Srinagar was after a long time. In 2020 this year 5 forces personnel have also been killed in 3 militant attacks in Srinagar.(KDC)