30 August,2022 07:19 PM IST | Srinagar | PTI
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Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nagbal area of Shopian following information about presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
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The official said the search operation turned into an encounter in which three ultras were gunned down.
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The slain terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT, a police spokesman said, adding the search operation was in progress.
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