Encounter breaks out in woods in south Kashmir's Shopian

An encounter broke out between terrorists and the security forces in a forest area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday afternoon.

A police official said that a joint team of army, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF men launched a search operation in the woods of Yarwan area following the inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.

“As the searches were in progress, the terrorists hiding in the area fired on security forces,” the official said, adding that the forces returned the fire which led to an encounter.

The firing on both the sides was going on till the last reports came in.