SRINAGAR: Indian army Major and a soldier have been injured in an ongounggunfight in Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district of occupiedJammu and Kashmir.

Sources said police, CRPF and army men laid siege around the Drabgamvillage in Pulwama early this morning after receiving information aboutpresence of some militants there.

They said while the security personnel were conducting searches in thearea, they came under fire from the militants hiding in the area

“The fire was returned by the troops, triggering an encounter. The exchangeof gunfire was going on when reports last poured in,” they said.

They said two security men including an army Major and soldier have beeninjured in the gunfight. The injured have been evacuated to hospital.

Unconfirmed reports said top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sameer Tiger orManan Wani (a PHD scholar who joined militancy early this year) are trappedin the area.

However, a police spokesman said the identity of the trapped militants isnot known.

Meanwhile, locals of the area, especially youth have taken to roads andattempted to march towards the encounter site. They clashed with thepolice and paramilitary personnel, who intercepted them. The youth peltedstones on the cops, who retaliated by firing tear smoke shells.