Asthal Kulgam encounter: Only one body recovered so far, searches underway, says police

Only body has been recovered from the last night’s gunfightsite in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district so far, even are searches are stillgoing on, police said on Monday.

A police spokesman had last night said four militants werekilled in the gunfight in Asthal area of the district.

   

“Only 01 dead body recovered so far from the site of#encounter. Search is going on,” said a police spokesman on Twitter.

There was no official word on the identity of the recoveredbody so far.

A police official said the gunfight erupted after police,CRPF and army ambushed a group of militants at around 8:30 pm.

While confirming the killings to Greater Kashmir, IGP VijayKumar said an Army major was wounded in the gunfight.

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