J&K: 3 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Pahalgam, AK-47 rifles recovered

Three militants who were holed up in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, were on Monday, killed in an encounter with the security forces.

The terrorists killed are believed to be from the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. "Three AK-47 rifles and other arms and ammunition have also been recovered from the terrorists."

Acting on specific intelligence input about the presence of militants in the village, security forces on Sunday launched a search operation in the area.

The official said as the forces were conducting the search operation, the hiding militants fired upon them.The security forces retaliated, ensuing an encounter.

The exchange of fire went on till late in the evening after which it was halted for the night, the official said, adding it was resumed in the wee hours on Monday and the three militants were killed in the gunfight.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Fayaz Ahmad Ganaie, an associate of slain LeT Commander Abu Bakr near Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area.

However, the details about his arrest are yet to be ascertained.

Abu Bakr was killed on December 2016, in a six-hour-long encounter in Sopore.

He was holed up in a residential house in Bomai.