Srinagar: Militants opened fire on a CRPF patrolling party stationed at Banna Bazar Chowk in Shopian district of South Kashmir at 9:57 a.m. on Sunday morning.
No loss of life was reported in the firing.
Forces have cordoned off the whole area to nab the attackers.
Earlier on June 25, three active hideouts of militants were busted by security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said.
READ:Three militant hideouts busted in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian
Based on intelligence inputs, security forces launched a search operation in the Yarwan area of Shopian in the morning, an Army official said.
He said during the operation, three active hideouts -- one major and two minor -- were busted.A huge cache of "administrative stores including a personal diary" was recovered from the hideouts, the official said.
