Three militants killed in encounter in Jammu & Kashmir's Shopian

SRINAGAR: Three militants including a top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Lateef Ahmad Dar, who was the last member of Burhan Wani’s group, were killed and an army man was injured in an encounter in Shopian.

The encounter took place on Monday morning in Adkhara village of Imam Sahib locality of Shopian, when a team of 34 RR of Army, CRPF and Special Operations Group of J&K police launched a joint crackdown following a tip off regarding presence of militants. J&K police informed that the three militants killed were identified as Dar alias Tiger of Pulwama, Tariq Sheikh alias Mufti and Shakir Ahmad of Shopian, all of whom were associated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

The encounter will impact the last leg of parliamentary elections in Shopian and Pulwama—part of Anantnag constituency—scheduled on May 6.