One of the two holed up militants in Kupwara killed
Baramulla, Jun 29 (UNI) One of the two militants, who were holed up in a house in the frontier district of Kupwara since late last night, was killed this morning, official sources said today.
The encounter ensued early this morning after security forces tried to storm the house in which the militants were hiding.
The remaining militant was still firing on security forces, they said.
A police spokesman said in Srinagar, that troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir launched a search operation on a specific information that some militants were hiding in Banday Mohalla at Handwara late last night.
The area was sealed and a cordon laid around a particular house.
With the first light this morning, security forces challenged the militants, hiding inside the house.
However, the militants opened fire which was returned by the security forces who had taken position in the nearby houses after the residents were evacuated to safer places.
UNI