Pioneer News Service n Srinagar
A joint team of the security forces on Tuesday eliminated three local Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists in Nagbal area of Shopian.
According to police, the operation was launched on the basis of specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.
During the cordon and search operation the hiding terrorists opened firing on the security forces leading to encounter in which all three terrorists were neutralised.
According to a police spokesman, "the killed terrorists have been identified as Danish Khursheed Bhat, Tanveer Wani & Towseef Bhat". They were involved in several terror crime cases. Terrorist Danish was involved in recruitment of youth into terror ranks in Shopian, police spokesman added.
