Srinagar, June 19 (TNS): A gunfight started on Tuesday evening between hiding freedom fighters and occupation forces in Indian occcupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.
Local police said following reports about a group of freedom fighters hiding in the area, Indian security forces comprising the army’s counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and the Special Operations Group of the state police, launched a cordon and search operation in Tral area of Pulwama.
“As the security forces tightened the cordon, hiding militants fired at them, triggering the gunfight,” police said.
Meanwhile, protests started in the area with local residence tried to disrupt the operation.
Reports said security forces are using tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters.
