A police official said the search operation turned into a gun battle; two militants escape Militants opened fire on a search party in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Friday morning, triggering an encounter
A police official said the search operation turned into a gun battle; two militants escape
Militants opened fire on a search party in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Friday morning, triggering an encounter. Two militants later escaped from the encounter site.
Initial reports suggest the encounter broke out between the security forces and the militants in Palhalan area during a search operation.
"The search party came under fire from the militants," said the police official. "The firing is going on," he added.
The number of militants hiding in the area could not be ascertained immediately.
The operation is carried out jointly by a team of the army's 29 Rashtriya Rifles, the police's special operation group and 53 Battalion of the CRPF.
Militants opened fire on a search party in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Friday morning, triggering an encounter. Two militants later escaped from the encounter site.
Initial reports suggest the encounter broke out between the security forces and the militants in Palhalan area during a search operation.
"The search party came under fire from the militants," said the police official. "The firing is going on," he added.
The number of militants hiding in the area could not be ascertained immediately.
The operation is carried out jointly by a team of the army's 29 Rashtriya Rifles, the police's special operation group and 53 Battalion of the CRPF.