Mudasir Maqbool
Pulwama: A soldier was critically injured during an ongoing gunfight with militants at Ratnipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official on Tuesday.
Official sources said that the gunfight ensued around midnight after a joint team of government forces retaliated the fire after being fired upon by the militants while they were strengthening a cordon at Ratnipora area midnight.
During the gunfight, one army soldier sustained critical injuries and he has been evacuated to army’s 92 Base Hospital for further treatment, a police officer said. The gunfight is still on in the area, the officer added.
Meanwhile clashes erupted near the encounter site as scores of youth took to streets and pelted stones on the government forces. The government forces retaliated by lobbing tear smoke shells and when this report was field, the clashes were going on in the area.
The authorities have also snapped mobile internet in Pulwama. The train services to and fro from Banihal to Srinagar has been also suspended in view of the ongoing gunfight, officials added.
