A teenager was injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam on Thursday where a gunfight erupted between security forces and militants.
Police said an army convoy carrying reinforcements to Futlipora village, where the gun battle was on, was attacked with stones by a mob in Pakherpora Chowk.
Sinar Ahmad, 15 was injured when the army resorted to aerial firing after the mob attack on the convoy. He was shifted to a hospital in Srinagar, police said.
The encounter began early Thursday morning as the army received a tip-off that two to three militants were present in Futlipora village, Badgam.
As the forces launched a cordon-and-search operation, the hiding militants opened fire triggering the encounter, which is still on, police said.
Meanwhile, mobile internet services have been snapped in Budgam as a precautionary measure.
(With inputs from agencies)