Exchange of firing is on. Tribune file photo

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 30

A militant was on Sunday killed in a gunfight with security forces in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Bugam area of Budgam district in central Kashmir Sunday morning following specific inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

He said as the forces were conducting searches, the militants fired upon them.

The forces retaliated, ensuing an encounter in which one militant was killed, the official said.

He said the body has been recovered along with arms and ammunition, adding the identity and group affiliation of the slain ultra was being ascertained.