Srinagar, March 4
An Army Captain and four Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants were killed in a 30-hour-long encounter in Dadsar in the Tral area of Pulwama district today.
While one militant was shot dead yesterday, three others were killed this morning. This is the second encounter in which an Army officer lost his life in the past eight days. Capt Devinder Singh Jass was killed in an encounter in Sopore on February 24.
Defence spokesman Lt-Col J.S.Brar said the slain Army officer Capt Deepak Sharma belonged to Rohtak. The killed HM militants were Mohammad Amin Mir, alias Mitha, Shabir Ahmad Mir and Ghulam Mohammad Mir, alias Janwar, all belonging to the Tral area. Five UBGLs were recovered from the scene of the encounter, he said.
