Encounter Underway Between forces, militant In Kulgam

SRINAGAR: An encounter is underway between security forces and militant in Kulgam district.Forces from the Central Reserve Police Force along with the army and the state police are engaging the militants who are holed up at a locality in Kulgam’s Khudwani, 70 km from Srinagar.

The security forces suspect there are four militants; one of them may have been killed, but the body has not been recovered yet, reports said.

The security forces launched a search operation on intelligence inputs about movement of militant in the area. The search operation quickly turned into an encounter when the militant fired at the security forces, a police officer said.