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Five killed in fierce gunbattle with militants

Posted At : 11-May-2008 3:00:10 PM
Militants struck in a big way today killing four persons, including a lensman of a leading state daily, and took two women hostage while engaging in a fierce encounter with security forces in Samba region in which one ultra was gunned down.

A group of heavily armed militants, who are believed to have infiltrated across the border after...
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