 "Shridhar Patil, SSP, J&K Police, Kashmir encounter, Shopian district")
Two Army men, including a major, were killed and another jawan was injured when militants opened fire on a search party of security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said on Thursday.
A cordon and search operation was launched by Army in Zaipora area of Shopian during the night following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said during the search operation, the militants fired upon the party in which three army personnel were injured.
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The search operation at Zaipora is on, the official said.
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