Top security officials mentioned that the civilian, identified as Farooq Ahmed Dar, received a bullet injury in his shoulder during the operation at Check Mohalla Nowpora in Sopore.
The attack occurred at a blind curve at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz, under the jurisdiction of Surankote police station, on Thursday. A joint search and combing operation is being conducted by the Indian Army, CRPF and the J&K Police.
The encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag has stretched to the fifth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight deep inside the dense forests of Gadol.
The operation to flush out the terrorists from Kashmir has now entered into its fifth day, with over 100 hours of gunfight which led to the deaths of three Indian officers.
Earlier, Two Indian Army officers and a DSP of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in an ongoing encounter at the Gadole area of Kokernag in South Kashmirs Anantnag district.