JAMMU: An Army man was injured when militants opened fire on a security post at a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir early on Sunday, officials said.
The militants fired on a sentry post of Territorial Army at Galuthi village in Manjakote area around 4 am, prompting retaliation by troops, they said.
They said the soldier was injured in the exchange of fire that continued for nearly half-an-hour between the two sides but the terrorists managed to flee into the nearby forest.
A search operation was launched to track down the militants.