Gurdaspur (Punjab): Four people,including two militants were killed in an encounter in Punjab’s Gurdaspur District on Sunday morning. Security forces also lost two of their
men in the encounter. According to the officials, the encounter took place near
Ratarwan village under Narot Jaimal Singh Police Station area. Ratarwan is over
50 kilometres from Pathankot, one of the main centres of the Army. On Friday night,
a couple of the villagers informed the local police that two armed men have barged
into their house and asked the way for the main road. On Saturday, based on the
information police launched an operation to track down the militants. Briefing
the media over the incident, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Border Range ,
I P S Sahota said one militant was killed and his accomplice was injured in the
encounter in which two policemen also died. But sources claimed that two ultras
were killed in the Gurudaspur encounter.
