March 22
One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter betweenMilitants and Government Forces in the Ghadpora area of Ratnipora in South Kashmir’s Shopian District.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that 34 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the area laid a cordon and search operation in the area at around 2:30 am.
The cordon continued for nearly five hours, during which the hiding Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter.
As per initial reports available to The Kashmiriyat two to three militants were trapped in a residential house in the area.
Sources told The Kashmiriyat that heavy exchange of gunfire is underway and one Militant has also been killed.
Meanwhile Mobile Internet services have been suspended in the Shopian District of South Kashmir.
Clashes have also erupted in the locality near the encounter site as hundreds of youth tried to March towards the encounter site