Srinagar: Six militants of the Al Qaeda-linked and Zakir Musa-led outfit Ansar Ghazwatul Hind were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with security forces in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
"Six terrorists have been killed in the Tral area encounter. Weapons and war-like stores have been recovered. The operation is over," Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.
Among those killed was Soliha, alias Rehaan Khan, the deputy chief of Zakir Musa.
Mobile internet service in the district and rail services between the Valley and the Bannihal town of Jammu region were suspended.
Soldiers of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), troopers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and special operations group (SOG) men surrounded Arampora village early on following specific inputs about militant presence, a police officer said.
"As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired triggering the encounter in which six militants were killed belonging to Zakir Musa outfit, Ansar Ghazwatul Hind.
"Exact identity of the other slain militants is being ascertained," the police officer added.
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