Awantipora, Mar 15: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces at Charsoo village of South Kashmir’s Awantipora police district on Tuesday morning, the police said.
A police official told that the gunfight was triggered after a joint team of the police, CRPF and Army cordoned off the Charsoo area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of militants.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where militants were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire, he said.(KNO)