Security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Marbal village of Zaloora area in Baramulla district in the wee hours following information about presence of ultras there, a police official said.
He said one policeman was critically injured in the gunfight with militants and taken to a military hospital in nearby Kupwara district.
However, the injured cop succumbed later on.
The operation was going on till reports last came in, the official added.
PTI