The security forces on Tuesday claimed to have killed a lashkar-e-Tayyeba (leT) militant in a brief encounter at Dogripora village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Police said on a tip off, a posse of counter-insurgency wing of police cordoned off Dogripora village on the banks of River Jhelum following a report that militants were hiding there.
After the cordon, there was brief encounter that culminated into death of a local militant Jahangir Ahmad Ganai.
Sources said Ganai had joined the militant outfit, leT, only 20 days ago. It said three militants were hiding in the area but two of them managed to escape. Two grenades have been recovered from the encounter site.