Kulgam: All the three army man injured in a gunfight with militants in Halan forest area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district have succumbed, army said.
Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the Army’s Chinar Corps, stationed here at BB Cantonment, tweeted; “On specific inputs regarding presence of militants on higher reaches of Halan in Kulgam, operations launched by Security Forces on 04 Aug 23. In exchange of firing with militants, three personnel sustained injuries and later succumbed (sic.)”.
“Search operations are continuing”, read the tweet further.
Pertinent to mention here that the three army man sustained injuries in a gunfight in Halan woods on Friday evening.