Gunbattle breaks out in J&K's Bandipora district
Encounter started after security forces launched a cordon cum search operation in the area.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2016-02-04 07:09 GMT
Srinagar: A gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday morning.
The encounter started after security forces launched a cordon cum search operation at Khushi Mohalla in the district, 35 kms from here, following information about presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
Encounter btwn security forces & militants underway in Hajin (Bandipore, J&K) (visuals deferred by unspecified time)https://t.co/xWIQjD6qYn
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No causalities have been reported so far on either side.