Encounter underway in Kashmir’s Bandipora

The militants made a bid to escape from the spot by “opening fire”, a police spokesperson said.

An encounter broke out between the security forces and militants during an anti-militancy operation in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on August 3 morning. “The encounter has started at Chandaji area of Bandipora. Police and security forces are on the job,” a police spokesman said. The hiding militants, who were encircled in the morning, made a bid to escape from the spot “by opening fire”.