Officers said they suspect two or three militants are inside the 60-room, seven-storey hostel complex of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) at Sempora in Pampore. The Army and Special Operations Group of J&K Police have cordoned off the complex to prevent the militants from escaping. The EDI complex is less than 5 km from the Badami Bagh cantonment, headquarters of the Army XV Corps in Srinagar. Officers said that in the morning, flames were noticed in a building used as an EDI hostel and office complex. This is second time in the last eight months when militants have taken refuge in the EDI complex.

Source: Indian Express October 10, 2016 15:11 UTC