Exchange of fire between militants, security forces at Bandipora’s Renji forests

B’pora: An exchange of fire took place between militants and security forces at Renji woods of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday morning, even as a massive search operation to track down the militants is still in progress.
Police in post on “X” formerly called “twitter” wrote “A contact was established between #terrorists and security forces in the early morning in Renji forest area of Aragam, #Bandipora. Search operation is going on”.
Similarly, Chinar Corps – Indian Army on their X handler wrote, “Based on specific intelligence by agencies regarding presence of terrorists, a Joint Operation was launched from 21 Apr onwards by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice in general area Mulkhyama Forest, Bandipore”.
“The area was cordoned & search conducted, resulting in a fire fight in early hours this morning. Operations in progress”.
Meanwhile, reliable sources said that helicopters have been pressed into service while more forces have been rushed to the spot to track down hiding militants.
“A massive search operation is still going on in the area to track down the militants,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Bandipora, Lakshay Sharma said, adding that the details will be shared accordingl