Security forces on Wednesday called off the anti-militantoperation at a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district even as no militantbody was recovered from the debris of a house brought down during the gunfight.
The operation was called off amid clashes in which at least50 persons were injured in Tazipora-Mohammad pora village of the district.
Reports said soon as the word spread about militants beingholed up in a house, people came out and started moving towards the village.
They threw stones on the security forces and tried todisrupt the anti militancy operation.
The security forces used pellets, teargas shells and liveammunition to disperse the protesters. Fifty-three protesters sustainedinjuries in the forces’ action.