Militants opened fire on army troops in the village of Prisal south of Srinagar, the summer capital of India`s state of Jammu and Kashmir, S.P.
India has blamed Pakistan for stoking violence in Kashmir by supplying fighters and material across the border, but Pakistan has denied these charges.
The army seized four weapons from the site of the encounter in the village, which security forces had cordoned off, army spokesman Rajesh Kalia said.
Last month, three road-building workers were killed after unidentified militants attacked a camp housing them, police said.
SRINAGAR Four militants and two Indian soldiers were among seven people killed in a gun battle in Kashmir on Sunday, a police spokesman said, the latest sign of increasing tension in the Himalayan region disputed by nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan.
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