Three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Chandgam village of Pulwama district which turned into an encounter, a police official said.
He said three ultras were killed in the exchange of fire with the security forces.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said the slain men belong to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and included a Pakistani national.
“Incriminating material, and arms and ammunition, including two M-4 carbines and one AK series rifle, were recovered,” he said, adding that it was a “big success for us”.
With this, eight terrorists have been eliminated in the Kashmir valley in the first five days of this year. While seven of them were killed in three encounters, the sixth was gunned down when the security forces stopped an infiltration attempt from across the border. These include Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander from Hajin, Saleem Parray, who was killed along with a foreign militant in Shalimar Garden area of Srinagar on Monday.
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(With inputs from ANI)
