Srinagar: Two militants, including one of the dreaded and oldest of them, Zeenat-ul-Islam, were killed Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said, Sunday.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Katpora area in the Kulgam district Saturday evening after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
As the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them. The forces retaliated, leading to an encounter in which the two militants were killed, he said.
Arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site, the official informed, adding that no collateral damage has been reported.
One of them was identified as dreaded militant Zeenat-ul-Islam, who was associated with the terror group Al Badr, the official said, adding that the identity of the second militant is being ascertained.
Zeenat, considered as an improvised explosive device (IED) expert, was earlier associated with another militant group Hizbul Mujahideen, the official told media persons.
PTI