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