Srinagar, Mar 27: One militant has been killed while as one army trooper injured in an ongoing encounter at Wangam area in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday.

Official sources told that one militant has been killed and an army soldier injured in an ongoing encounter, however identity of the slain militant is yet to be ascertained.

Earlier Reports reaching said that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Wangam.

As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off an gunfight.

(GNS)