Poonch Gunfight: Two militants killed, operation on

Poonch, Dec 13: 02 Militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight near Dugran along the Mughal road in Poonch district on Sunday.

Official sources told local news agency that so far two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter. However, the identity of militants is yet to be ascertained.

As per the sources, the two slain militants are believed to be non- locals.

Earlier, official sources said that police and army’s 16 RR had launched a joint cordon-and-search-operation soon after a family of a 46-year-old man, Talib Hussein son of Ghulam Hussein of Chie in Dogrian Buffliaz, had filed a missing report. Talib, as per official sources, has been missing since December 9.

The family is learned to have told police that Talib went to get Bajree from a nearby river but has not returned back.

At the beginning of the operation, militants were given chance to surrender, however they turned the offer down.