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| Army officer, 3 LeT militants killed Handwara encounter | | 
Srinagar, October 29, (Scoop News)- A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Army and three militants were killed in an encounter by Police and security forces in a joint operation in Wadder Bala forests of Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
A Police spokesman said here that on a specific information over the presence of militants, Police, 21 RR, 30 RR and 06 RR launched a joint operation in the Wadder Bala forests. The joint party was fired upon by the militants triggering an encounter. In this encounter three militants were killed.
He said one Naib Subedar Rajesh Kumar also lost his life. The three dead bodies of the militants have been recovered from the encounter site. Further searches are on.
A Defence spokesman said that in an ongoing operation in Hundwara, the Army today neutralized three hard core foreign Terrorists and recovered three AK-47 Rifles besides a large amount of warlike stores.
The spokesman said that this group was eliminated in the higher reaches of Wadarbala forest. Due to the dense forest the visibility is highly limited, further restricted by the heavy rain and dense fog. The group was carefully tracked and cordoned off well before they could merge with the population. Contact with the terrorist group took place on 27 Oct which ensued into a brief but intense firefight. Intermittent exchange of fire continued over the next 24 hours. On 28 Oct during the search of the area, the terrorists opened heavy automatic fire which was immediately retaliated. In the exchange of fire Nb Sub Rajesh Kumar of Rashtriya Rifles made the supreme sacrifice, having suffered fatal gunshot wounds. .
The search of the thickly forested areas is still continuing. The killing of three heavily armed foreign terrorists of the LeT clearly establishes the robustness of the counter infiltration and counter terrorist grid of the Army.
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