Army personnel near the house where the militants were hiding
An Army Major was killed today in a six-hour-long gun-battle with three militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on Friday.
Two of the militants have been killed in the encounter, while one still remains holed up in the house which has been surrounded by security forces.
The three militants were holed up in a house in Karewa Malino village, 55 km from Srinagar. The militants were asked to surrender but they resorted to firing, triggering the gunfight.
"The operation has been suspended for the night but we are maintaining a tight vigil over the cordoned area to ensure no one gets away," the officer said.
Shopian is part of the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency and the encounter took place a day after militants carried out an attack on a polling party escorted by police and CRPF in the district at the end of the voting resulting in the death of a polling official and injuries to five others including three securitymen.