Encounter Breaks Out Between Security Forces, Militants in Srinagar
File photo of an encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir.
  After the initial contact, there was a lull for half an hour and then the firing resumed, the official said.
PTI SRINAGAR
October 12, 2020, 10:09 AM IST
An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Monday, police said.
 Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Old Barzulla area of the city here in the early hours of Monday after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
  Around 7:45 AM, when searches were underway, the militants opened on the forces, he said. The forces retaliated and an encounter ensued, he added
  After the initial contact, there was a lull for half an hour and then the firing resumed, the official said. The operation is underway and further details are awaited, he said.