Troops of counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles and police were laying a cordon around Bachoo village of Tral tehsil in Pulwama district, when militants opened fire at them, spokesperson for the army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt Col Ankur Vasisht said.

Indian Army personnel stand guard outside a house in Tral, Kashmir, as a gunbattle with militants rages on a few kilometres away yesterday. Pic/AFP