Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, a police official said today.
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He said that the slain LeT commander was one of the most wanted terrorist on the list of the security forces.
Bodies of both the militants have been retrieved and there identification is being ascertained, the police officer said.
Search operations are underway in Kupwara.
Earlier, after conducting all legal formalities, the local police handed over the body of militant Abu Usama to local Auqaf Committee in Dardpora for burial, where hundreds of people participated in his funeral.
A police official told that the militant who was killed in an encounter late Friday evening has been identified as Abu Usama alias Zarar, a top commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, a resident of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK).
LeT outfit is accused of carrying out a terror attack on India’s financial capital Mumbai in 2008.
On Tuesday, a militant was killed in southern district of Anantnag during a gunfight. Gunfights between the two sides take place intermittently across the region.
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Security agencies claim the slain militant was from Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
