Militants escape encounter in J

Jammu, Sep 26 (UNI) Militants, engaged in an encounter with the security forces in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, managed to escape from the site, official sources here said.

''A patrol party had an encounter with some militants in the wee hours today near village Sarak in Marmat area,'' the sources told UNI.

However, the militants managed to escape under the cover of darkness in dense forest area, they said.

The security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search but no one could be arrested so far, the sources added.

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