Anantnag /May, 29 : Government forces on Wednesday called off the cordon and search operation at a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district as no militant body was recovered from the debris of a house razed to ground during the gunfight.
The operation was called off amid clashes in which at least 50 persons were injured in Tazipora-Mohammad pora village of the district.
Reports said soon as the reports spread about militants being trapped in a house, people came out and started moving towards the village.
They threw stones on the security forces and tried to disrupt the anti militancy operation.
The security forces used pellets, teargas shells and live ammunition to disperse the protesters. Fifty-three protesters sustained injuries in the forces’ action