Militants snatched two SLR rifles from policemen guarding the minority picket in Tumlahaal village in Lassipora area of Pulwama.
Weapons and war-like stores have been recovered from the site of the encounter.
Two of the terrorists belonged to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
An Imam was shot at and killed in south Kashmir's Pulwama town on Friday evening. The incident came hours after a police official was shot at and killed in the town's busy market place.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by firing mortar shells and small arms along the LoC in Poonch around 8 am on Monday.
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