<p class="title">A soldier was killed and another injured in an ongoing encounter between security forces and militants in Pandushan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Reports said the gunfight broke out during the night (at around 1:30 am) after a joint team of Army’s 34-Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Pandushan, 55 kms from here, following ‘specific inputs’ about the presence of militants.</p>.<p class="title">As the search operation was going on hiding militants fired upon security forces resulting in injuries to two army personnel, they said and added one of the injured soldiers succumbed at a hospital later.</p>.<p class="title">The slain was identified as sepoy Rambir of 8 JAT, presently posted with 34-RR. The injured was identified as sepoy Deepak.</p>.<p class="title">An army spokesman while confirming the death of a soldier and injuries to another said the gunfight was underway.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, in a separate incident in the same district, an army vehicle of the 55-RR suffered damage after being targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by militants. No injury or casualties were reported in the incident.</p>.<p class="title">Sources said the IED was planted along the road in Zahid Bagh area of Shopian and it went off with a loud bang followed by firing which created panic in the area.</p>
<p class="title">A soldier was killed and another injured in an ongoing encounter between security forces and militants in Pandushan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Reports said the gunfight broke out during the night (at around 1:30 am) after a joint team of Army’s 34-Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Pandushan, 55 kms from here, following ‘specific inputs’ about the presence of militants.</p>.<p class="title">As the search operation was going on hiding militants fired upon security forces resulting in injuries to two army personnel, they said and added one of the injured soldiers succumbed at a hospital later.</p>.<p class="title">The slain was identified as sepoy Rambir of 8 JAT, presently posted with 34-RR. The injured was identified as sepoy Deepak.</p>.<p class="title">An army spokesman while confirming the death of a soldier and injuries to another said the gunfight was underway.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, in a separate incident in the same district, an army vehicle of the 55-RR suffered damage after being targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by militants. No injury or casualties were reported in the incident.</p>.<p class="title">Sources said the IED was planted along the road in Zahid Bagh area of Shopian and it went off with a loud bang followed by firing which created panic in the area.</p>
