Three terrorists of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, who were killed in an encounter on Saturday, have been identified as Hassan, of Pakistani origin and two Kashmiri locals, Mukhtiyar Ahmed and Parvej Ahmed. The three were killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest area of Tral in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, a police official said.
While two of the militants were killed in the morning, another took shelter inside a cave and was finally killed after several hours of gunbattle in Tral, the official said. The operation has now ended.
The official said bodies of all the three militants and their weapons were recovered from the scene of the gunbattle which started early on Saturday morning when security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation after receiving an information about presence of militants.
"The killing of the militants is a major setback for the outfit which is trying to revive its activities in the valley," the official said.
He said security forces faced stone-pelting during the operation but exercised maximum restrain while dealing with it.
Some people indulged in stone-pelting and tried to march towards the encounter scene to help the militants escape but were chased away by the security forces, the official said, adding there was no report of any casualty among the civilians.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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