Date:17/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/17/stories/2008031760420100.htm

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Officer killed in encounter

Srinagar: A Lieutenant Colonel and a jawan were killed and three other Army personnel injured in a gun battle with two militants in Dangiwacha village of Baramulla district on Sunday. A self-styled Lashker-e-Taiba chief operation commander, Hafiz Nasir, was also killed. The encounter broke out when the militants opened fire on the security forces during a search operation, official sources said. — PTI