JAMMU & KASHMIR Sopore Encounter Update : Militant Killed, Ops On | KNO REPRESENTATION PHOTO Published 335 weeks ago on November 30, 2017 By KashmirNewsObserver A militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight with government forces in Sagipora forest area of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday. A defense official said that one militant has been killed in the encounter so far and the operation is still on. The gunfight had started earlier, after a joint team of army's 22 RR and SOG launched a cordon and search operation at Sagipora forest following specific inputs about the presence of some militants in the area. As such the joint team of forces intensified the combing operation to trace the hiding militants and fired several warning shots. The fire was retaliated by the militants triggering off a gunfight. When reports last came the exchange of heavy gun fire was going on. Meanwhile four militant have been killed in a separate gunfight in Pakherpora area of central Kashmir's Budgam district. Up Next Giving chance to stone-pelters as we are a democracy not an Islamic terrorist society : BJP | KNO Don't Miss Budgam Encounter Update : One More Militant Killed, Toll Reached 4 | KNO