Six dead in Kashmir standoff between forces and rebels

Another Army officer has been killed in the ongoing encounter in Kashmir’s Pampore, taking the number of lives lost in the encounter so far to six. The encounter has been on for more than 36 hours now. Three to five terrorists are still holed up in the complex, say security officers. Captain Tushar Mahajan, 26, a resident of Jammu’s Udhampur, was hit by a volley of bullets while mop-up operations were being conducted at the third floor of the house the terrorists have been holed up in since yesterday. On…

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