The twenty-two-year-old captain was killed when the army stormed the EDI Complex at around midnight.
An army soldier, wounded in the ongoing gunfight between security forces and guerrillas in Pampore in Kashmir, died in hospital on Sunday, taking the death toll in the conflict to five, a police officer said.
Earlier on Sunday, an army Captain of the elite 10 Para Regiment died after he was shot while entering the building on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in which a group of heavily armed guerrillas are holed up.
LIVE updates
6:21 pm Army says operation in its last stage. Heavy firing in Pampore.
4:11 pm Mortal remains of Army Capt Pawan Kumar will be transported by air to Jind on Feb 22. Last rites to be performed at his village tomorrow.
3:41 pm: Army launches final assault as police enter EDI building.
3:30 pm: EDI building catches fire
3:00 pm: Second army soldier killed in encounter with militants at Pampore in South Kashmir
