Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag area on Saturday, according to authorities. According to a police officer, security forces conducted a cordon and search operation in Kwarigam, Ranipora region of the South Kashmir district after receiving information about the presence of militants there.
While the forces were conducting searches in the area the militants fired upon them. The forces retaliated leading to an exchange of fire in which three militants were killed, the official said.
One of the slain militants has been identified as Arif Hazam belonging to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, he said, adding Hazam was involved in the killing of Territorial Armyman Havaldar Manzoor Beigh in June 2019.
Security personnel guard had been deployed near the site of an encounter with militants.
