Pulwama, Sept. 24 -- A militant and a CRPF officer were killed in two separate incidents in Kashmir on Thursday morning, officials said.

A militant was killed in an encounter that erupted this morning at Machoma Bhagandar Tral in Pulwama district in Kashmir.

The gunfight erupted when a joint team of security forces launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

"As the forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. In the encounter so far one militant has been killed," a police official said, adding the operation is still underway.

Meanwhile, an Assistant Sub Inspector, Badole Naresh Umrao, 49, of CRP...