Jammu and Kashmir: Migrant labourer from Bihar shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag
The victim, whom the police identified as Raju Sah of Bihar, succumbed to injuries during treatment.
With the killing of four terrorists in the encounter between the Army and terrorists in the Naugam sector of Kashmir, the death toll reached seven on Sunday.
According to Colonel Rajesh Kalia, spokesman of the Army, four terrorists have been killed so far in the operation and three soldiers have also achieved martyrdom.
The encounter began on Saturday evening when the Army foiled an infiltration attempt by terrorists. Two soldiers and equal number of terrorists had lost their lives on Saturday night and the encounter was carried on overnight as some terrorists were suspected to be hiding in the forest.
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Colonel Kalia said four weapons and other warlike stores have been recovered and the sanitisation operation was continuing.
The terrorists had managed to cross through the Line of Control (LOC) and were hiding in the Behak forest when the troops engaged them in the encounter.
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