Srinagar, March 31: A gunfight with hiding terrorists started in J&K’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday evening as the joint security forces cordoned off a village on specific intelligence inputs, officials said.
Official sources said that following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists, joint forces, including the army, J&K Police and the CRPF, cordoned off Arhama village in Ganderbal.
The sources said that as the security forces closed in on the hiding terrorists, believed to be two in number, the latter opened fire, triggering an encounter which is now going on.
“All escape routes of the terrorists have been sealed. Two terrorists are believed to be hiding in the village, and they have been engaged in a sustained gunfight,” a source said.
