Mysterious firing in Udhampur, police says not a militant attack
The firing started at around 9:30 pm and both SPOs and VDC members continued firing till 1:30 am.

There is a police post in Sang area of Basantgarh, where around eight SPOs are posted, apart from 42 armed Village Defence Committee members in the area. “There was no militant movement in the area. There has been some confusion that led to the firing. It could even be an intergroup rivalry or something else,” inspector-general of Jammu division, Danish Rana, told ET. The police was also investigating whether there was any malicious plot.
The firing started at around 9:30 pm on Thursday and both SPOs and VDC members continued firing till 1:30 am. Basantgarh, around 130km from Udhampur towards Kathua border, is inaccessible and has no road connectivity.
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