Gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Kulgam, mobile Internet suspended

A gunfight broke out between the militants and the security forces at a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district shortly after dawn on Wednesday.

According to local news gathering agency GNS, the gunfight broke out in Tazipora Mohammadpora village after the forces launched a search operation in the area following a tip-off about the presence of militants there.

It said the operation was jointly launched by the army’s 9 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF.

Mobile Internet was snapped in Kulgam as precautionary measure soon after the firefight began, it quoted an official as having said.