Militants injure four cops in Sopore, encounter still on

January 07, 2014 12:19

Rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmad reporting from Srinagar gives us an update on the encounter story.

Four policemen were injured during a cordon and search operation in north Kashmir's Sopore town in Baramulla district this morning.

A senior police officer said security forces had surrounded Chankhan locality of the town this morning on specific information about the presence of militants there.

"As security forces were laying the cordon, militants opened fire injuring four policemen. The injured cops were immediately shifted to hospital for treatment," a senior police officer said.

He said the condition of one of the injured cops was critical. "Searches are continuing and more reinforcements have been rushed to the area.

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