SRINAGAR: A militant was killed and an Army personnel injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's
Kulgam district on Saturday,
police said.
Security forces launched a
cordon and search operation in the
Arrah area of Kulgam in
south Kashmir following specific information about the presence of
militants there, a police official said.
He said as the forces were conducting the searches in the area, militants fired upon them.
The forces retaliated, ensuing an encounter in which a militant was killed, the official said.
An Army personnel was injured during the exchange of fire and he has been rushed to a hospital, he added.
The official said the operation is on and further details are awaited.