Six people, including a Central Reserve Police Force jawan and four militants, were killed while security forces averted a major tragedy in Jammu and Kashmir [Images] on Thursday night.

An official spokesman said a CRPF jawan, who was shot at and critically wounded by militants at Koker Bazar near on Thursday, died in hospital.

He said militants entered the house of one Mukhtar Ahmad Sheikh at Beerwah in the central Kashmir district of Badgam and shot him early Friday morning.

Security forces gunned down a militant in an encounter at Shah Nagri in the frontier district of Kupwara on Friday, during a search operation.

He said three more militants, Abu Abdullah, a resident of Pakistan, a self-styled area commander Khadam Shah alias Abu and Abdul Rashid, were killed in a fierce encounter at Dachan Gool in Udhampur district Thursday night. Two soldiers were also injured in the encounter.

Two ultras surrendered along with arms and ammunition at Bandipora on Thursday night.

One Abdul Ahad Mir was injured during firing at Haram Shopian in South Kashmir, the sources said.

Security forces averted a major tragedy on Friday when they detected a powerful improvised explosives device planted by militants at a crowded bus stand at Batmaloo.

The IED, kept in a gift pack, was later defused by the bomb disposal squad.

A militant was arrested in the same area by the police before he could lob hand grenades on Thursday evening. Two live grenades were recovered from his possession.