Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli saluted to the martyrs of Handwara martyrs of Jammu and Kashmir. Former Indian cricketer and current member of Parliament Gautam Gambhir also tweeted pray for the martyrs.

Handwara Encounter in Jammu and Kashmir

5 Indian soldiers are martyred to take on the terrorists in Handwara Encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. On this India’s captain Virat Kohli tweeted and paid tribute to the soldiers who were martyred in Handwara.

In this encounter, four people including an army colonel and a major and an officer of Jammu and Kashmir Police were martyred.

Those who were martyred include Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood

, and Shakeel Qazi, a police sub-inspector. At the same time, two terrorists were also killed in this encounter.

Here are the tweets from Cricket fraternity