A militant of Jaish-e-Muhamma
Earlier, a police spokesman said that a group of militants while moving through Handwara was intercepted by a naka party near Chotipora in the jurisdiction of Police Station Handwara.
He said that militants opened fire, triggering a brief gunfight in which a militant was killed.
“Consequently one militant got killed in the exchange of fire. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the slain militant,” said police spokesman in a statement.
