Jammu & Kashmir: Tral encounter continues, police constable Manzoor Ahmed killed fighting

J&K police constable Manzoor Ahmed was killed fighting terrorists at Tral in south Kashmir, officials have said. 

A fierce gunbattle broke out late on Saturday in Tral on the city outskirts here after security forces cordoned off a house where three to five top Hizbul Mujahideen militants were holed up.

The body of a Pakistani militant had also been recovered and search was on for others.

Officials sources said special forces of army were deployed to carry out a combing operation in the area.

Curfew has been clamped in this area, 10 km from here, as protesters had gathered near the encounter site, they said.

Half of the house was brought down by the security forces but militants were still firing on them.

Poster boy of banned Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit Burhan Wani belongs to this area.