Five militants were gunned down in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district today in an encounter in which a Garud commando of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was also killed, a defence spokesperson said.

Security forces cordoned off and launched a search operation in Chandergeer village in Hajin area of the district, which resulted in an encounter with the militants hiding there.

“Five terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter at Hajin,” Srinagar-based Defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said here. An IAF Garud commando was killed and an Army soldier was also injured in the encounter, he said.

The operation was on and further details were awaited, Kalia said.Watch 5 militants gunned down, IAF Garud commando killed in encounter in Bandipora With HD Quality.