Srinagar: A policeman and a militant were today killed in an eight-hour-long gunbattle in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.
The encounter took place in Chanakhan locality of Sopore town, 55 kms from here, when a joint search party of police and Rashtriya Rifles raided a house on a specific information to flush out hiding ultras in the wee hours this
morning, they said.
The militants opened fire on the search party and in the ensuing gunbattle, Selection Grade Constable Mohammad Rafiq of 7th battalion of state armed police was killed.
The encounter between the two sides ended around 11 AM after which the security forces blasted the house belonging to Altaf Ahmad Najar, they said, adding body of a militant along with some arms and ammunition was recovered from the debris of the house.
The identity of the slain militant could not be ascertained immediately as the search operation in the besieged locality was continuing when reports last were received, they said.
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