SRINAGAR: Security forces killed three “wanted” terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba-backed The Resistance Force in a shootout on Wednesday in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar. Kashmir range IGP Vijay Kumar said these three were involved in the killing of sarpanch Sameer Ahmed Bhat in his home in Pulwama district’s Khanmoh on March 9.
Before this, J&K police arrested three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists on Monday, one of whom had killed sarpanch Shabir Ahmad Mir in his home in Kulgam district, 70km south of Srinagar, on March 11.