Three militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
A police personnel was also injured in the operation in Amargarh.
“After receiving specific inputs, the Amargarh area was cordoned around midnight. The militants were hiding inside a house, and the security forces asked them to surrender. When they refused, a gun battle began around 2 am and ended at 5.55 am,” police said.
“We requested the terrorists to surrender but they opened fire, we responded in the same way then,” Rajeshwar Jamwal, Commanding Officer of the Indian Army’s 52 Rashtriya Rifles said.
“Though the fire fight ended, security forces launched a search operation,” officials said.
The bodies of all the three militants were recovered and their identifies are being ascertained. Three AK-47 rifles were recovered from the slain militants.
Today’s gun battle took place just days after security forces killed top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Abu Dujana and his accomplice in an encounter at Hakripora village in Pulwama district on August 1.
Meanwhile, internet services were cut off after the encounter in Baramulla district, where Sopore is located.
“All government and private schools and colleges in Sopore would be closed today following the encounter,” the Additional Deputy Commissioner said.
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