Tral, Jan. 12 -- Three Hizb militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir on Sunday.
Acting on a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces in Gujar Basti Gulshanpora area of Tral Awantipora.
During the search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter in which three militants were killed.
The militants have been identified as Umer Fayaz Lone alias Hamad Khan resident of Seer Tral, Faizan Hamid resident of Mandoora Tral and Adil Bashir Mir alias Abu Dujana resident of Monghama Tral.
The killed militants as per police records were affiliated with HM and were wanted by law for the...