Srinagar, Jan 24 (IBNS): A gunfight has reportedly broken out between suspected militants and security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
According to sources, after receiving inputs about the presence of militants, forces along with Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police laid cordon in Chaigund Dairoo village of Shopian district in South Kashmir.
Sources added that when forces zeroed in the suspected house, militants fired some round on the search party that turned into encounter.
Reports said that at least two militants are present in the village who are resorting to intermittent firing.
The exchange of fire was going on when the reports last came in.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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