{"id":302582,"date":"2018-09-13T05:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T05:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302582"},"modified":"2018-09-13T05:39:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T05:39:11","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir-encounter-underway-between-security-forces-and-militants-in-sopore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jammu-and-kashmir-encounter-underway-between-security-forces-and-militants-in-sopore\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter underway between security forces and militants in Sopore"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301790\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/jammu-and-kashmir-terrorists-kill-forest-officer-in-baramulla-district\/army-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-301790\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301790\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/army-2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/army-2-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/army-2-696x468.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/army-2-625x420.jpg 625w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/army-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A gunfight erupted on Thursday between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s\u00a0Sopore town, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Upon receiving specific information about the presence of militants, the security forces including Army, the state police&#8217;s Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), launched the search operation and cordoned off the town&#8217;s Arampora area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;As the cordon was tightened and security forces were closed in on the hiding militants, the latter fired at the security forces triggering the encounter,&#8221; the police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Internet services have been suspended in Sapore area as a precautionary measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More details are awaited.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gunfight erupted on Thursday between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s\u00a0Sopore town, police said. Upon receiving specific information about the presence of militants, the security forces including Army, the state police&#8217;s Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), launched the search operation and cordoned off the town&#8217;s Arampora [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":301790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[4966,1177,1141,2017,3484,2585],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302583,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302582\/revisions\/302583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}