Waheed Bhat
Bandipora:- an Army personal and Two militants were killed in an encounter which broke out early morning in Manzpora Naidkhai area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
According to sources, Army’s 13 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police cordoned off the area during night after inputs about presence of militants hiding in a residential house.
Exchange of fire started at around six o’clock in the morning In which Army soldier and two militants were killed, sources said.
Meanwhile, soon after the news of killing of militants spread in the area protests erupted in Naidkhai.
Witnesses said, Youths assembled at Naidkhai and started chanting pro freedom and anti india slogans.
They were demanding bodies of the slain militants.