The area was cordoned off by the security forces and a search operation was launched
The grenade exploded along the roadside amid the civilian population. A young girl has received critical injuries in this explosion.
Militants fired upon Kifayat Mir, a resident of Shopian, near Pinjoora area of the district, a police official said.
Three encounters broke out in south Kashmir's Anantnag and Shopian district this morning. In all three cases, the terrorists were hiding inside civilian houses and fired at the police when they were requested to surrender, the police said.
Police said the restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in the old city area and some uptown areas here to maintain law and order.
"Another body has been found at a distance from last evening's incident at Pahnoo Shopian," a police spokesman said.
Reports suggest that two terrorists managed to flee the spot after firing upon the patrolling party, while one was neutralised by security forces in retaliatory fire.
Two youth were killed and nine others injured allegedly in Army firing at Ganovpora in Shopian yesterday when a stone-pelting mob targeted a convoy.
"Two terrorists were killed. We are looking for the third terrorist who escaped just as cordon was being laid. Operation has concluded now," IGP Police, Muneer told media.
The jawan, a resident of Saazan Keegam, has been identified as Irrfan Ahmad Mir.
The thieves broke open and took away the ATM installed by Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the premises of Shopian district hospital during the intervening night, a police official said.
BJYM leader Gowhar Ahmad Bhat's body was found with the throat slit at Killora village. He was abducted by unidentified terrorists from a government hospital.
Asked about the killing of a BJP youth leader in Shopian yesterday, Major General Raju said these were "acts of desperation" by the militants.
The operation was carried out in around 20 villages of Shopian to nab the hiding Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad militants.
A militant today surrendered during an encounter with security forces that broke out in Shopian district of south Kashmir
Earlier reports had said the security forces had surrounded Barbugh village on information that militants had been hiding there.
In less than two weeks, security forces today conducted the second major cordon-and-search operation in Kashmir's Shopian district.
Lieutenant Ummer Faya was on his first leave after joining the armed forces, when he was abducted and killed by militants.
More than 4,000 troops today fanned out across 20 villages in south Kashmir's Shopian district to flush out militants holed up inside homes.
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