Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): A brief gunfight broke out on Monday morning between security forces and militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier Kupwara district, officials said.
"Along LoC in Kupwara's Machil sector, alert Border Security Force (BSF) troopers observed some suspected movement on the intervening night of 22 and 23 November. The soldiers fired on the suspicious movement and there was late retaliation," Deputy Inspector General of BSF R Muthu Krishnan told ETV Bharat over the phone.