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Chadoora encounter: Militant captured alive, Ops over

Militants perform a gun salute during the funeral of a militant in Shopian district in November last year. | Tauseef Mustafa/ AFP (Representational Pic)

Militants perform a gun salute during the funeral of a militant in Shopian district in November last year. | Tauseef Mustafa/ AFP (Representational Pic)

A militant has been captured alive in the ongoing operation at Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said Friday.

They said that a militant (identity withheld) has been caught alive in the ongoing operation at Chadoora area of Budgam. “The search operation over, ” he told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).

Earlier, the official had said that firing has stopped from the both sides while searches were on. Earlier, a gunfight raged after police, army’s 53 RR and 181 bn CRPF launched a cordon on the specific input about presence of one to two militants in an open field.

“The militants were cornered from all sides and an encounter broke out,” officials said.

Kashmir News Observer (KNO) is a news agency in Jammu and Kashmir.

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