Brief exchange of fire between security forces & Militants in Sopore

Encounter rages in Sopore village .

Gunfight rages between militants and government forces in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning.

Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of Army’s 22RR , SOG Sopore launched a cordon and search operation in the area.

A senior police officer told GNS that contact has been established with the hiding militants after forces encircled the area. He said that earlier the cordon-and-search operation in the area was launched following specific information about the presence of some militants. .

Till this report was being filed intermittent firing was going on.

Meanwhile authorities suspended internet services in Sopore town as a precautionary measure in wake of this encounter.

While to prevent any law and order problem Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore Ashiq Hussain Lily in a statement ordered closure of Degree College as a precautionary measure.

 

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