3 Lashkar-e-Taiba militants gunned down in Pulwama

Srinagar, Jun 22 Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, incorporating an ultra required in a progression of killings, were gunned down in the small hours on Thursday in an encounter that gone on for more than six hours in Pulwama area of south Kashmir

Majid Dar, one of the killed militants, was included in various killings including that of sarpanch of Kakapora and district president of Pulwama, a police official said here

The encounter began Wednesday evening in Kakapora range of Pulwama taking after a knowledge input that three local young men, who had joined aggressor positions in restricted Lashkar-e-Taiba fear gathering, were stayed in a house situated in a thickly populated region, the authority said

This is the primary effective counter-uprising operation in Pulwama region which is accepted to have extensive nearness of nearby activists supported with a solid system of over ground laborers, he said

The fruitful operation is a major hit to the LeT dread outfit which as of late lost its administrator Junaid Mattoo in an experience at Arwin town in Anantnag region of South Kashmir on June 17, he included

This is the second successful operation against the dread outfit inside three days

On Wednesday, two militants were killed in an encounter in Sopore township of Baramulla area in north Kashmir.