Soldier killed in ongoing #Kokernag gunfight | https://t.co/UauHzosx7e
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) April 16, 2022
An Army trooper was killed in an ongoing shootout between snuffies amd security forces at Watnar Kokernag area of south Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s Anantnag district on Saturday, reports said.
Quoting a police brass hat, news agency GNS reported that the soldier of 19RR was received serious bullet wound in the initial exchange of fire.
He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, however he departed this vale of tears, the officer added.
A fierce shootout is underway after police and army on a specific input generated by J&K Police launched a cordon and search operation in the area following a tip off about the presence of snuffies there.