A government employee was killed in a counter-insurgency operation, launched tonight, in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, official sources said.
Assadullah Kumar, working in J&K Fisheries Department, died due to gunshot injuries at Chancer area of Kulgam district where security forces, including army, had launched a counter-insurgency operation, they said.
Further details were awaited.
An army official said an operation was going on in the area, but maintained that they had no reports of any casualty.
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