Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Militants managed to escape after a very brief gunfight near Khanabal area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district today.
An official said that there was a brief encounter between militants and a joint team of police and Army at around 1100 hours. He said there was a lull following which massive searches were launched. However no second contact was established with militants nor any one was arrested which suggesting that the militant had fled from the spot.
The Northern Command of the Indian Army tweeted that a “speculative search operation” was launched in the area, some 5 kilometres from Khanabal town followed by a round of fire by the troops at 1100 hours. The Army said suspected militants fired back at 1115 hours.
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