<p>A police constable was killed in an encounter which broke out between militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Sunday, the police said.</p>.<p>Security forces cordoned off the Mir Mohalla village in Hajin area of the district in the morning following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.</p>.<p>When the forces were conducting searches, the militants opened fire on them, triggering a gun battle, the official said. Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Zahir Abbas was killed in the gunbattle, the police official said.</p>.<p>The encounter was still going on when reports last came in, the official said, adding further details were awaited.</p>
<p>A police constable was killed in an encounter which broke out between militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Sunday, the police said.</p>.<p>Security forces cordoned off the Mir Mohalla village in Hajin area of the district in the morning following intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.</p>.<p>When the forces were conducting searches, the militants opened fire on them, triggering a gun battle, the official said. Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Zahir Abbas was killed in the gunbattle, the police official said.</p>.<p>The encounter was still going on when reports last came in, the official said, adding further details were awaited.</p>