One police constable lost his life while two terrorists were killed during an encounter which broke out between militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Sunday, the police said.
Security forces cordoned off the Mir Mohalla village in Hajin area of the district this morning following intelligence inputs about presence of militants there, a police official said.
When the forces were conducting searches, the militants opened fire on them, triggering a gun battle, the official said.
The troops of 45 Bn Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Special Operations Group (SOG) and 13 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) were carrying out a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the region, when the encounter broke out.
Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Zahir Abbas was killed in the gunbattle, the police official said.
The encounter was still going on when reports last came in, the official said, adding further details were awaited.
