J-K: Encounter between security forces and terrorists breaks out in Srinagar
Elsewhere, search operation launched in Bandipora district after noticing suspicious movement
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city (PTI)
SRINAGAR: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday in the Khanyar locality of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital here, officials said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city on Saturday morning following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, the officials added.
They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated.
The exchange of firing is going on, but so far there are no reports of any casualty on either side, they further added.
Meanwhile, security forces launched a search operation after movement of terrorists was observed in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.
The Army's Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said in the late evening on Friday that troops spotted "suspicious movement" in the general area Panar in north Kashmir's Bandipora.
"On being challenged, terrorists opened indiscriminate fire and escaped into the jungle," the Army said. A search operation is under way in the area, it added.