<p>A fresh gun fight erupted in Manigah forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning with militants and Army personnel exchanging a heavy fire, reports said<br />The area is under lockdown for more than two weeks with Army and para commandos searching for the militants who gave them the slip at least thrice in a week’s time.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On November 14, the militants had killed Colonel Santosh Mahadik in a brief gun battle before giving the security forces the slip.<br /><br />A police officer told Deccan Herald that the contact was established in the Haji Naka area of Manigah around 8:30 am on Friday.<br /><br />“A heavy exchange of fire is going on since today morning between the militants and joint teams of the Army and police,” he said, adding added additional reinforcements are being <br />deployed in the area to <br /><br />prevent the militants from escaping.<br /></p>
<p>A fresh gun fight erupted in Manigah forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning with militants and Army personnel exchanging a heavy fire, reports said<br />The area is under lockdown for more than two weeks with Army and para commandos searching for the militants who gave them the slip at least thrice in a week’s time.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On November 14, the militants had killed Colonel Santosh Mahadik in a brief gun battle before giving the security forces the slip.<br /><br />A police officer told Deccan Herald that the contact was established in the Haji Naka area of Manigah around 8:30 am on Friday.<br /><br />“A heavy exchange of fire is going on since today morning between the militants and joint teams of the Army and police,” he said, adding added additional reinforcements are being <br />deployed in the area to <br /><br />prevent the militants from escaping.<br /></p>
