<p>A paramilitary officer was injured in an ongoing gunfight with militants in Maloora area of Parimpora on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Monday.</p>.<p>Officials said that a sub-inspector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was hit by a bullet in his arm during the gun battle in Maloora which erupted after a joint team of police, army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation following specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area.</p>.<p>As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, in which the CRPF officer received a bullet, they said. The injured officer was immediately shifted to a hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.</p>.<p>It was not immediately known how many militants were trapped in the area. On June 16, a local militant was killed in a gunfight in the Nowgam area on Srinagar outskirts. On June 22 an officer of J&K police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was shot dead by suspected militants on Srinagar outskirts when he was returning after offering evening prayers.</p>.<p>Earlier on May 17, two local militants affiliated with Al-Badr outfit were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Khonmoh area on Srinagar outskirts. Pertinently, over 60 militants have been killed in J&K so far this year and most of them were locals from south Kashmir.</p>
<p>A paramilitary officer was injured in an ongoing gunfight with militants in Maloora area of Parimpora on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Monday.</p>.<p>Officials said that a sub-inspector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was hit by a bullet in his arm during the gun battle in Maloora which erupted after a joint team of police, army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation following specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area.</p>.<p>As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off a gunfight, in which the CRPF officer received a bullet, they said. The injured officer was immediately shifted to a hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.</p>.<p>It was not immediately known how many militants were trapped in the area. On June 16, a local militant was killed in a gunfight in the Nowgam area on Srinagar outskirts. On June 22 an officer of J&K police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was shot dead by suspected militants on Srinagar outskirts when he was returning after offering evening prayers.</p>.<p>Earlier on May 17, two local militants affiliated with Al-Badr outfit were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Khonmoh area on Srinagar outskirts. Pertinently, over 60 militants have been killed in J&K so far this year and most of them were locals from south Kashmir.</p>
