SRINAGAR: Two LeT terrorists and an Army soldier were killed during a night-long encounter at Drusoo village of Watergam in Baramulla district on Friday. One policeman and another soldier sustained injuries during the encounter.

The deceased soldier has been identified as sepoy Ranjeet, who had received bullet injuries and succumbed during treatment at the military hospital in Srinagar . An army officer said the injured soldier, sepoy Vijay Kumar of 22 RR, has suffered serious bullet wounds.

The encounter broke out on Thursday night after a joint team of the Army and the SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation following specific information about the presence of two terrorists. The slain terrorists have been identified as Khursheed Ahmad Malik of Arabal Nikas in Pulwama and Reyaz Ahmad Dar of Naseerabad in Sopore. Khursheed had completed his BTech last year from SMED College in Katra district of Jammu region.

“Two bodies of terrorists recovered from the encounter site in Sopore, operation concluded,” J&K DGP SP Vaid said in a tweet. Khursheed, 26, had even cleared GATE and had taken the written test for sub inspector (executive wing) and sub inspector (telecom wing) of J&K Police on June 24.

