Jammu, Oct. 29(HS): Amid high profile visit of European Union MPs in Kashmir Valley, an encounter broke out between militants and security forces in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district in which one terrorist gunned down.
While security forces managed to gun down one terrorist, two others managed to escape. The killed militant is believed to have been involved in the recent slew of truck driver killings in Kashmir.
Government has said the diplomatic outreach will allow EU leaders to “see things for themselves” in Kashmir and help it counters Pakistan’s narrative. The encounter comes hours after a truck driver was killed by suspected militants on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Narayan Dutt, a resident of Katra in Reasi district, is the fourth truck driver to be killed by militants since August 5 when the Centre abrogated Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and split the state into two Union Territories.
Dutt was fired upon by the militants in the evening in the Kanilwan area of Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, reports said.
