Gunbattle with militants rages in North Kashmir
Sources told IBNS that on a tip-off joint teams of Army's 29 RR and SOG launched a search operation in Hardushoora Sultanpora village of Tangmarg , about the presence of some militants believed to be inside a house.
When the security forces approached towards the house, the militants opened fire at them with automatic weapons triggering a gun battle which is still on, the officer said.
Senior police officials of the town told IBNS that initial reports suggest that two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists are inside the house.
There has been, however, no information of injury or casualty on either side till now.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri )
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