ADC orders closure of college
Suhail Khan
Sopore, July 17 : Government forces on Wednesday morning launched a cordon and search operation in Sopore village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said that additional reinforcements of army and Special Operation Group of police have been rushed to Gund Brath village in Sopore area as chances of encounter between forces and militants believed to be holed up are rife.
Two militants are believed to be trapped in the area, reports said.
SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal told Kashmir Despatch that search operation in the area is going on.
He said that as of now no contact with militants has been established.
Earlier, army’s 22 RR and SOG have launched a cordon-and-search operation at Mir Mohalla area of Gund Brath village following specific information about the presence of militants inside a residential house.
Meanwhile to prevent any law and order problem Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore Ashiq Hussain Lily in a statement ordered closure of Degree College Sopore today as a precautionary measure.
