Encounter starts in Shopian, militants trapped

An encounter broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday after a search party of the security forces came under fire from hiding militants.Officials said the security forces and the hiding militant

An encounter broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday after a search party of the security forces came under fire from hiding militants. Officials said the security forces and the hiding militants exchanged heavy fire in Ganowpora area “after the contact was established”. “"There was a search operation going on in the area when the hiding militants opened fire. It was retaliated,” the officials said.