One of its soldiers, Constable P K Panda, who died on Sunday was a veteran of such encounters.The 37-hour gunfight, triggered by the fidayeen attack by suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad militants on Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) training centre in south Kashmir ended on Monday morning with the killing of a third militant. On Sunday, five paramilitary personnel and two militants were killed. A video, recorded before the attack, by one of the slain militants also surfaced on social networking sites. “The operation continued throughout the night. One of the militants who was hiding was killed and the operation was concluded,” Special DG, CRPF, S N Srivastava, said. “Since it is a big campus and there are a large number of buildings, search operation is going on. We want to discount chances of anybody hiding there. Though the chances (of any militant hiding) are bleak, we want to be doubly sure”. Srivastava said the militant killed on Monday morning was a foreign national….
