Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 22: A gun battle broke out tonight between a group of militants of Hizbul Mujahideen who were trapped and security forces in village Drubgam of South Kashmir’s Pulwama town.
On the basis of specific information about presence of three Hizbul Mujahideen militants – Nasir Pandit, Zahid Ahmad and Tariq Pandit – in an orchard in village Drubgam, Special Operations Group (SOG) Pulwama, 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of A rmy and 182 battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) this evening cordoned off the village. The militants on seeing the troops fled to the nearby Drubgam village and took refuge there.
Security forces immediately laid cordon around the village and conducted house to house searches. However, locals threw stones at the security forces to help the militants to flee from the cordon.
Security forces have tightened the cordon after they came under stone pelting and at around 10 p.m. encounter started after security forces fired at the house where militants were hiding. The militants returned the fire in response to the security forces firing.
Security forces have tightened the cordon and lit up the area so that the militants may not flee.
Nasir Pandit is a police deserter turned militant. Last year he fled from the residence of then Minister in former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s cabinet, Altaf Bukhari. He took away two rifles along and security forces have been hunting him since then.
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