A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in a village in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday.
Sources said that Army, Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF carried out a joint operation in Gundpora village of Pulwama on Saturday afternoon following a specific input on presence of militants there. During the cordon and search operation, militants reportedly lobbed grenades towards the security forces triggering a gunfight.
During the encounter a recently recruited militant Raqib Bashir, a resident of Zadoora village was killed. He was reported to be affiliated to militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and had joined its ranks three months ago. He was 19 years old.
The operation was called off late in the evening.