Two terrorists, including a “top-ranking commander” of banned lashkar-e-Tayyeba (leT), were killed and an Army personnel was injured in separate encounters in Bijbehara and Sopore pockets of Kashmir Valley on Wednesday.
Sources said gunfight between militants and security forces erupted in apple orchards located at Bewoora village in Marhama belt of south Kashmir’s Bijbehara early on Wednesday.
The slain militant has been identified as 24-year-old Basit Ahmed Dar, alias Sameer.
In another encounter, the security forces shot dead a top-ranking militant of leT outfit, Abu Bakar.