The encounter is ongoing and more details are awaited.
Srinagar: A gun battle between security forces and terrorists erupted on Wednesday in Marwal forest area of Zaloora on the outskirts of Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the death of one Special Operation Group Jawan, Police said.
The Srinagar police received specific inputs about the presence of terrorists based on which an operation was launched, police added.
"As the security forces, including troops of 20 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group (SOG), closed in on the hiding militants, the insurgents opened indiscriminate fire killing a police constable," police said.
The victim was identified as Muhammad Shafi.
The encounter is ongoing and more details are awaited.
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