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The firefight broke out after a joint team of security forces came under heavy fire. 

The woman has been identified as Amreen Bhat, 35, daughter of Khazar Bhat in Chadoora. Her 10-year-old nephew was also injured in the attack. Amreen was a local TV artist.

Police said incriminating materials including arms and ammunition have been recovered from the site of the encounter in Baramulla. A combing and search operation is currently underway.

Both cop and his daughter were rushed to SKIMS hospital after terrorists targeted them but the former succumbed to his injuries. He has been identified as Saifulla Qadri son of Mohd Syed Qadri resident of Malik Sahib Soura.

TRF is an outfit of the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. The Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage to the Amarnath temple in Jammu and Kashmir which takes place during the summer months.

TRF or The Resistance Front is an offshoot of the LeT. He said a case has been registered and an investigation was underway.

The officials identified three bodies and said that they all hailed from West Bengal.

The injured were immediately shifted to the hospital and details about their condition are awaited.

The arrested terrorist has been identified as Rizwan Shafi Lone of Handwara.

The cop has been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Thoker. He was a local of Gudoora village in Pulwama.

Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat was shot at by terrorists at the Tehsildar office in Chadoora. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition but succumbed to injuries.

One of the three killed terrorists linked to Hizbul Mujahideen has been identified as Ashraf Molvi -- one of the oldest surviving terrorists of the outfit in Jammu and Kashmir.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested hybrid terrorist was in contact with Pakistan based terrorists as well as local terrorists of proscribed outfit LeT and tasked to execute terror incident.

A gas cylinder explosion is expected to be the cause of the fire. Meanwhile, fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. 

Two Pakistani militants of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.

The slain LeT commander Yousuf Kantroo was figured in the list of top 10 most wanted militants in Kashmir and he was the longest surviving militants in the valley.

Police along with 15RR at a checkpoint established at Sonmullah Crossing intercepted a suspicious person who on seeing joint check post tried to flee from the spot but the alert party apprehended him tactfully.

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha strongly condemn the terror attack on Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo. "Perpetrators of this despicable act shall be punished. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family in this hour of grief," he added.

There were no reports of any casualties so far.