An unidentified militant was killed and two soldiers were injured on Saturday during a gunfight at Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir, the Kashmir Zone police said.

Gurinderpal Singh, Kulgam's superintendent of police, stated a search and cordon operation was launched in Arreh village in Kulgam under the Kulgam police station's jurisdiction. 

Singh said the militants fired at the joint forces of the Indian Army's Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Jammu and Kashmir police which led to an encounter.