Militant killed in gunbattle in Baramulla

Srinagar: Hours after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram concluded his Kashmir visit, a fierce gunbattle broke out on Sunday evening between militants and security forces in Sopore town of Baramulla district in which an ultra was killed and a civilian wounded.

Acting on a tip-off that some militants were hiding near Ahad-bab-morh area in the town, security forces cordoned off the place, official sources said.

When a joint team of Army and police zeroed in on the militants who had taken shelter in a house, the ultras fired at them, they said.

In the resultant gunbattle, a militant was killed and a civilian, who was caught in the cross-fire, was injured.

The gunfight was still on, the sources said.

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Chidambaram, who reviewed the security situation in Kashmir Valley at a high-level meeting, visited the north Kashmir town of Baramulla earlier in the day.

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