A policeman was martyred and six security personnel, including an army major, were injured in an encounter with militants in Tral area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
One of the militants was a Hizbul Mujahideen operative identified as Aaquib Bhat, popularly known as Aaquib Maulvi, who was active in the area for the last three years. The other militant, Saif-ul-lah alias Osama, was a Pakistani terrorist working with Jaish-e-Mohammed.