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Army colonel killed in Kupwara encounter
By Mukhtar Ahmad
June 23, 2010
An Army colonel was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Saiwan Lolab village in north Kashmir's Kupwara district late Tuesday night.
A senior police officer said Colonel Neeraj Sood, commanding officer of the 18 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), was critically injured during an anti-terrorist
operation."Col Sood was rushed to hospital in a critical condition, but succumbed to his injuries late in the night," the officer said.
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