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Encounter between militants, security forces in Pulwama

September 02, 2014 00:23 IST

An encounter broke out on Monday night between security forces and militants holed up in a village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.

Security forces launched an operation in Hanjan village in Rajpora area of Pulwama following information about presence of militants there, a police official said.

He said intermittent exchange of firing was going on between the two sides but so far there were no reports of any casualty on either side.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar