Army Officer Killed, 3 Soldiers Injured In A Gunfight With Terrorists

An army officer was killed in action and 3 soldiers were injured during a gunfight with terrorists in J&K’s Kishtwar. Army’s 16 Corps said the Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar was killed in action in a joint counter-terror operation launched in Kishtwar’s Bhart Ridge. The operation came after the killing of two village defense guards (VDGs) recently.