Encounter between militants, security forces currently going on in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district
Srinagar, Mar 20 (IBNS): A gun battle is currently going on between militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Official sources said that at least two militants are trapped in a Halmatpora Check Forests who are exchanging fire with security forces.
The area was brought under siege after Combined Forces, including 41 Rashtriya Rifles, received information about the presence of a group of militants in the area.
“The gunfight is underway,” the official added.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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