A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter, which broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian after a search party of the security forces came under fire from hiding militants on Friday.
“One militant has been killed . The operation is on,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said.
Officials said the security forces and the hiding militants exchanged heavy fire in Ganowpora area “after the contact was established” on Friday afternoon.
“There was a search operation going on in the area when the hiding militants opened fire. It was retaliated,” the officials said.
Preliminary reports suggest that two to three militants may be hiding in the area.
A joint team of the police, the Army and the CRPF was carrying out the operation, when last reports came in.
