In a joint operation, the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police neutralised three Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists in Awantipora.
According to the ministry of defence, Jammu and Kashmir police had specific inputs about the likely movement of three terrorists in a vehicle in the general area Khandipora, Awantipora.
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Accordingly, the Army and JK police established a joint mobile vehicle check post on Tuesday evening.
At around 7:15 pm, a suspicious vehicle was observed approaching the check post.
On being intercepted, the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire and tried to escape, said the ministry of defence statement.
The joint team then retaliated with precise fire which resulted in the neutralisation of one terrorist, while the other two fled into the adjoining fields under cover of darkness.
Security forces continued to engage the fleeing terrorists and the area was cordoned off. In the ensuing firefight, both terrorists were neutralized by the security forces.
Two AK series rifles, one pistol and other warlike stores have been recovered from the encounter site.
According to JK police, all three terrorists belonged to LeT and have been identified as Ali alias Mubassir, a resident of Pakistan and Mukhtar Ahmed Bhat and Saqlain Mushtaq, both residents of Pulwama.
