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The exchange of shooting is on and further information are awaited, the official stated.

An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

Security forces released a cordon and search operation in the Pathanpora location of Budgam in main Kashmir after getting specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.