Top Jaish commander among 2 militants killed in Shopian encounter

The police said one of the slain militants was a topmost Jaish commander of south Munna Lahori from Pakistan

Army jawans rush towards run encounter site at Kachudoora shopian district of south kashmir on April 01, 2018. Eleven militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashar-e-Taiba (LeT), three jawans and two civilians were killed in three separate gun battles in south Kashmir Anantnag and Shopian districts on Sunday.

Two militants were killed in an encounter between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday.

“Two militants were killed in the operation launched at Shopian’s Bonbazar area. The bodies have been retrieved,” an army spokesman said.

The police said one of the slain militants was a topmost Jaish commander of south Munna Lahori from Pakistan.

“Lahori was responsible for car blast attacks on security forces’ convoy on March 30 at Banihal and at Arihal Pulwama on June 17,” said the police.

The encounter started when a joint team of the Army and the police’s special operation group had started a cordon and search operation in Bonbazaar early in the morning.