SRINAGAR: An
encounter broke out between
security forces and
militants in
Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said.
A cordon-and-search operation was launched in the morning by the forces at Meej in the Pampori area of
south Kashmir's
Pulwama after receiving specific information about the presence of militants, a police official said.
He said the operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon a search party of the forces.
A gunfight is underway and further details are awaited, the official said.