A group of militants barged into a police picket, established for protecting the minority community living in Koil village of Pulwama district, and tried to snatch the weapons of the cops posted there, police said.
They said the alert policemen opened fire, which forced the militants to flee from the area.
The militants left behind an INSAS rifle, police said adding the rifle was snatched from a CRPF jawan in Tral town of the district on Wednesday.
No one was injured in the incident, they added.