Two Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders were killed in a night-long encounter on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, the police said. A search operation was launched on Thursday after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in Sirhama area of the district.
The deceased have been identified as Adil Ahmad Bhat and Abu Rehan. Bhat is a resident of Pulwama and Rehan was a Pakistani national. The police said both of them have been involved in planning and executing several terror attacks, including civilian atrocities and attacks on security establishments in the Valley.
“During the search operation, as the presence of terrorist got ascertained they were given opportunity to surrender however instead they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party, which was retaliated leading to an encounter,” a press release said. “Due to darkness the…