Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were gunned around Arm forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama area.
The killed militant's men have been identified distinguished as Majid Mir, Shariq Ahmad and Irshad Ahmad. Three AK47 rifles and ammo were recouped from the encounter site.
A gun battle started between the army forces and the LeT men on Wednesday at 6 pm, after a cordon was propelled by army forces in Kakapora range of Pulwama region.
A few reports said that no less than six terrorists out how to get away from the cordon because of furious stone pelting by local people amid the experience.
The terrorists were killed in a joint operation by the security forces including Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a police representative said.
security forces propelled a cordon-and-search operation in Kakapora region of Pulwama around 6:00 pm taking after information about nearness of militants there.
As the security forces were leading the inquiries, they were terminated upon by some concealing activists, a police official said.
The security forces countered, setting off a gunbattle which was going ahead till last reports came in, the authority said.