Srinagar: Two terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s local offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) were killed during an encounter with Jammu and Kashmir police.
According to reports, the gunbattle took place at the Zakura area of Srinagar city.
While one of the terrorists killed in the encounter has been identified as Ikhlaq Hajam, the identity of the other is yet to ascertained, said police.
According to reports, Hajam was involved in the recent killing of head constable Ali Muhammad Ganie in Anantnag’s Hassanpora.
The 53-year-old head constable of Jammu and Kashmir police was killed last week after terrorists opened fire on him around 5.35pm near his residence in Anantnag’s Hassanpora Bijbhera area. Ganie was rushed to the Government Medical College in Anantnag where the doctors declared him brought dead.
