Gunfight starts in Pulwama village

Pulwama: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Parigam area of Kakapora belt in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday.

Quoting an official, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

He said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. KNO