SRINAGAR, Dec 19: Indian troops shot dead four suspected militants in two separate gunbattles in revolt-hit Kashmir, police said on Monday. Three of the militants were killed during a four-hour gunfight in the southern district of Pulwama late on Sunday, a police spokesman said.

“The fighting erupted when troops raided a militant hideout,” he said. The fourth militant was killed during a gunbattle early on Monday in the northern district of Kupwara.—AFP