Srinagar: What could be termed as a major success, the security forces on Wednesday succeeded in killing two Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists including its top commander following a fierce encounter in Badgam district of south Kashmir.
A senior police official said that the other LeT terrorist killed in the gunfight was a Pakistani national.
He said that the joint operation by the Army, CRPF and the SOG of the state police was launched late Tuesday night following credible inputs about the presence of some terrorists in Gopalpora village of Chadoora area of Badgam district.
The police official said that as the security cordon tightened, the terrorists hiding in a house fired at the security forces triggering a gunfight that left the two terrorists dead.
The bodies of the neutralised terrorists have been retrieved.
Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site in Gopalpora village of Chadoora area, an officer said.
Locals have been requested not to venture inside the encounter zone as it might prove dangerous due to stray explosive materials, the police said, requesting people to cooperate till the area was completely sanitised and cleared of all explosive materials.