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Jammu and Kashmir: Deputy SP Aman Thakur killed in encounter
Updated On: 24 February, 2019 06:09 PM IST | | PTI
Thakur was posted as the DySP (operation) in Kulgam, a terrorist-infested area of south Kashmir, two years ago and had successfully carried out anti-terror operations in the area
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A deputy superintendent of police and a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist were killed in an encounter in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.
The encounter took place in the Turigam area of Kulgam after the police got an intelligence input about the presence of a group of terrorists in the area, they added. The approaching police party was fired upon, in which Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Aman Thakur got seriously injured in the neck. The officer succumbed to his injuries when he was being flown to the army hospital, the officials said.
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