SRINAGAR: Militants on Friday attacked a security force patrol party in the woods in the frontier district of Kupwara, where Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit and review the development projects under Prime Minister’s Development Programme (PMDP).
Official sources said the militants hiding in the forest attacked a security force patrol party with automatic weapons this morning. Troops also retaliated but the militants fled from the spot.
Later, security forces launched a massive Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) after the vast area of the forest was sealed. The operation was going on when the reports last came in, they said.
(AGENCIES)
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