Jammu & kashmir Encounter: Army Colonel, Major & Kashmir Police Deputy SP Succumb To Injuries
Three security force officers including an Army Colonel were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the Kokernag area of Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said here on September 13. Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish, deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Humayun Bhat were critically injured in the gunfight and died later, they said. Bhat died due to heavy blood loss. The operation against the terrorists began on September 12.