Srinagar: Two militants, including top terrorists of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, were killed in an encounter between security forces and militants in Shopian district of The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A senior police official said on Monday that security forces had launched a search operation in South Kashmir's Czech Sadiq Khan area on Sunday after receiving intelligence inputs about the militants hiding.

Firing on security forces on behalf of the militants turned the operation into an encounter. The police official further said that security forces also retaliated in a befitting manner in which two terrorists were killed. One of them has been identified as Ishaq Dar alias Abu Akram, the commander-in-chief of the Lashkar. His name had been revealed in terrorism related incidents since 2017.

Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh said that the overnight operation was completed at Chak Sadikan in Shopian. Top Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist commander Ishaq Dar and other terrorist Majid Iqbal were killed, responsible for several terror offences, including attacking and killing policemen and civilians.

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