Police today claimed to have recovered two bodies from the encounter site in J&K EDI at Sempora, Pampore.
The “encounter” started on Monday morning around 6 AM when suspected militants reportedly took refuge inside the hostel building of the EDI.
“We have recovered two bodies,” a police official told Media Persons, “search is on and the identity of the bodies is being ascertained.”
It is second such gun battle inside the premises of the EDI in last eight months.
The sprawling seven-storey-seventy-room hostel building of the EDI has been completely destroyed after forces used mortar shells, rockets and grenades to evacuate the militants.