J&K : Colonel, Major among 5 personnel martyred in encounter

Sunday, 3 May 2020Newsdesk
J&K : Colonel, Major among 5 personnel martyred in encounter
An Army Colonel and a Major were among five security personnel martyred in an encounter at a village in Handwara in north Kashmir that also saw the elimination of two terrorists, officials said on Sunday. Army officers Col Ashutosh Sharma and Major Anuj, and Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspector Shakeel Qazi were among the deceased, they said.

New Delhi, 03 May 2020


As per news report of PTI, Col Sharma was leading a team to rescue civilians who had been taken hostage by the terrorists hiding in a house at the Chanjmullah area of Handwara in frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Saturday, the officials said.

Source -PTI


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