On being spotted, the troops, who were accompanied by the

house owners, came under heavy fire in which two jawans identified as Lance Naik Raghuvir Sigh and Lance Naik Gopal Singh Badoria were killed.

In the gunbattle thereafter, three militants managed to escape in the nearby jungles while four other militants belonging to banned Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed.

Out of the four militants, three have been identified as Mudasir Ahmed Tantray, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Azhar Ahmed.

Effort was on to identify the fourth one.

Four weapons have been recovered from the scene of the gunbattle as security forces were also trying to ascertain the identity and group affiliation of the slain militants.

Clashes between protestors and law enforcing agencies broke out soon after the encounter ended, the police official said, adding further details were awaited.

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