A policeman was injured in an exchange of fire between suspected militants and police in Nawa Kadal area of J&K's Srinagar district on Sunday, police said.

DGP Dilbag Singh said: "It was a police raid on a suspected hideout in Nawa Kadal. Some exchange of fire occurred in which one policeman suffered injury."

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The injured policeman was shifted to hospital. Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off. Additional forces have reached the spot and an operation has been started.

(With agency inputs)