News Today Live Updates, 8 September | Army officer injured, militant killed in gunfight in South Kashmir’s Kulgam

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A militant was killed and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was injured in a gunfight Monday morning in South Kashmir’s Kulgam. A joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), Army, and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) cordoned off the forested area in Guddar of Kulgam after they received “specific intelligence input” about the presence of militants.

The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Pakistani national in R S Pura Sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district Sunday night after he crossed the international border from the Pakistan side. Official sources said the man has been identified as Pakistani national Siraj Khan, 29, and that Rs 30 in Pakistani currency were seized from him. Sources added that BSF troops initially warned the Pakistani national and also fired two to three rounds to dissuade him from crossing the border.

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