24 hours The shootout between security forces and militants outside Dashnami Akhara in Srinagar began at 11.20 a.m. on Wednesday and went on till Thursday morning Five policemen, two CRPF men and two militants died in the encounter. A civilian was killed in the crossfire The battle began when the militants of Al Mansoorean tried to storm a CRPF picket in the Akhara complex