February 22, 2016 12:15:29 | Shah Abbas

As fresh firing broke out between militants and security forces on Monday in Pampore clashes in the town are going on and songs praising and supporting militants like ‘Jago Jago Subah Huyi’ which were very famous in nineties in the valley are being played on loud speakers of the mosques.



Local sources informed Rising Kashmir that clashes between protesters and the men in uniform are going on in Frestabal, Drangbal and Kadlabal near JK Bank branch areas.

“It is like 90’s in Pampore. Loud speakers in mosques across the town are playing songs eulogising militants and Pakistan,” a local Journalist of Pampore told Rising Kashmir.

He added that smell and smoke of burning tyres has filled the air. “It is becoming extremely difficult to breath,” he added.

Militants inside the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building, which is up in flames, engaged security forces in intermittent exchange of fire from 5.30 AM, police sources said.

A civilian, two CRPF men and three army personnel including two officers have died so far in the ongoing encounter which started on Feb 20 on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in the outskirts of Srinagar city.

At least 16 personnel have also sustained injuries so far.

The militants, whose exact number is not known yet, took shelter inside the EDI building after attacking a CRPF convoy.