A junior commissioned officer of the army was killed and two troopers were wounded in a fierce gunfight with a group of infiltrating militants in Shamsnag area on the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.
A senior police officer said troops intercepted a group of heavily armed militants trying to 'infiltrate to our side of the LoC'.
"A fierce gunfight is still on in the area. In the initial firing by the militants one JCO was killed and two soldiers were wounded. The injured troopers were evacuated to hospital for treatment", the officer said.
The troops are busy searching the area, he added. He said exact number of militants was not known.
The infiltration bid comes close on the heels of three fierce encounters in Kashmir Valley this month leaving nine militants dead.
