A paramilitary CRPF personnel and a civilian were injured in a militant attack in Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday.
A police official said the militants lobbed a grenade followed by firing on a joint naka party of CRPF and police in the evening.
“The forces returned the fire,” he said.
The police official said a CRPF personnel and a civilian received splinter injuries and were hospitalised.
They were identified as Samrat Ghosh of 96 Battalion and Ishfaq Ahmad Dalal, a shopkeeper.
Soon after the attack reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the entire area was cordoned to nab the militants.