house owners, came under heavy fire in which two jawans identified as Lance Naik Raghuvir Sigh and Lance Naik Gopal Singh Badoria were killed. In the gunbattle thereafter, three militants managed to escape in the nearby jungles while four other militants belonging to banned Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed. Out of the four militants, three have been identified as Mudasir Ahmed Tantray, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Azhar Ahmed. Clashes between protestors and law enforcing agencies broke out soon after the encounter ended, the police official said, adding further details were awaited. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna February 12, 2017 08:15 UTC