They left behind AK-47, pistol; Cordon expanded in area, say officials
(Asian News Hub) – Militants managed to give slip to security forces at Rakh, Baghwanpora area of Noorbagh in Srinagar on Saturday after firing a few shots at the police party.
A police official said that acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Baghwanpora area of Noorbagh, Srinagar, an area under the jurisdiction of police station Safa Kadal, a police party laid a siege in the area. “When the cordon was being laid, the hiding militants fired a few shots and managed to flee from the spot,” the official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
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A senior police official said that a small team of police while laying cordon came under fire from militants in Noorbagh, Srinagar. “Seems militants managed to escape after dropping their weapons including one pistol and one AK-47. However, reinforcement of police and CRPF expanded the cordon in the area,” he said.
