A gun battle broke out between militants hiding in a house and security forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir this morning.
Acting on a tip off, police assisted by Rashtriya Rifles troops cordoned Drubgam village in the jurisdiction of Rajpora, 45km from Srinagar, police said.
As the joint search party sealed the house, the militants hiding there opened fire following which the security forces retaliated.
The gunbattle was going on when reports last came in.
