SRINAGAR: Seven people including four militants , two army men and one civilian was killed, while three Army personnel were injured in an encounter in Kulgam district of south Kashmir The encounter started around 11pm on Saturday in Nagbal Frisal area of Kulgam, around 70 kms from Srinagar, when teams of police, army and CRPF, acting on a tip off cordoned the area and started search operation. The exchange of fire continued till 10am on Sunday.“The encounter started around 11pm last night and has just concluded. Two army men have attained martyrdom,” DIG south Kashmir, S P Pani told ET.Another police official added that three army men were also injured at the encounter site. As of now two militants have been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Tantary of Redwani, Farooq Ahmad Dar of Aero Kulgam. Local Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant, Zakir, in a video message, warned police of dire consequences, if latter continue to harass families of militants.

Source: Economic Times February 12, 2017 05:26 UTC