An encounter between security forces and militants which broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara on Friday has entered the third day on Sunday. The encounter has claimed the lives of a civilian and four security personnel.
The fighting had erupted at Handwara in Kupwara district. "The operation against the militants in Babagund village is still going on," a police officer said.
Two CRPF troopers and two policemen were killed in the gunfight on Friday when a militant who was presumed to be dead suddenly rose from the debris of a house and fired indiscriminately at the security forces.
A civilian was killed in subsequent clashes between the militants and security forces.
According to some reports, two houses and two cowsheds were destroyed by the security forces as the hiding militants kept on changing positions at the site of the gunfight.
(IANS)
