Mudasir Maqboo
Pulwama: A gunfight between militants and government forces started at Brobanduna (Sangam) area of this south Kashmir district on Friday.
Official sources said that Army’s 55 Rashtriya Rifles, police and CRPF launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in the area following specific inputs about the presence of militants. As the joint team was carrying searches, they said, militants hiding in the area opened fire which was retaliated, triggering off an encounter. The firefight was going on when this report was filed