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Search operation underway in Kashmir after encounter with terrorists

by IBNS 11 Aug 2015, 08:32 am

Srinagar, Aug 11 (IBNS) Security forces have launched a massive search operation around Ratanpore village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district after two terrorists who were engaged in a gunbattle escaped.

Media reports quoted a CRPF officer as saying that one of the terrorists is believed to be injured in the gunbattle.

The encounter began on Monday evening after the terrorists fired on an army patrol party.  

The Army has cordoned off the area soon after and engaged in a gunfight with the terrorists who were holed up inside a house.