Gunbattle breaks out Pulwama district of Kashmir

A gunbattle broke out this evening between security forces and militants in an area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.

Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Kakapora area of Pulwama around 6 pm following information about presence of militants there,a police official said.

As the security forces were conducting the searches, they were fired upon by some hiding militants, he said.

The security forces retaliated,triggering a gunbattle which was going on till last reports came in, the official said.

There were no reports of any casualties on either side so far.