3 LeT militants killed in encounter with Security Forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian

Mangalore Today News Network / News18

Shopian, Aug 31, 2022: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, police said.

 

In an earlier tweet, Kashmir zone police said, “Both the killed terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Search going on. Further details shall follow."

A cordon and search operation was launched in Nagbal area of Shopian following information about the presence of militants there, officials told PTI.

“The 3 killed #terrorists have been identified as local terrorists of LeT namely Danish Khursheed Bhat, Tanveer Wani and Towseef Bhat. They were involved in several #terror crime cases. Terrorist Danish was involved in #recruitment of youth into terror ranks in Shopian," Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Vijay Kumar said in a tweet.