Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday identified the three militants slain in a gunfight with the government forces in Kellar area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
A police spokesman identified the slain militants as Sajad Khanday, Aqib Ahmad Dar and Basharat Ahmad Mir – all residents of Pulwama district.
He said the trio were a part of a combined group of Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfits.
The spokesman said all three militants were involved in many militant attacks and several cases were also registered against them.
The trio was killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Yarwan area of Keller in Shopian today morning.