Srinagar, Aug 6 : A gunfight started between militants and government forces on Sunday late evening at Samboora village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“Following a tip off about the presence of some suspected militants, a joint team of Army’s 50 RR, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation at Akram Dar Mohalla, Samboora, Pulwama”, official sources told news agency GNS.
As such the joint team intensified the search operation, the militants believed to be three in number opened fire triggering off an encounter.
When reports last came in the exchange of intermittent firing was going on. More details awaited. (GNS)