Hizbul Commander Who Killed Soldier Aurangzeb Among 3 Militants Killed in Pulwama Encounter

Three Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants, including the one involved in the killing last year of army jawan Aurangzeb, were Saturday killed in a pre-dawn operation by security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Based on a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched by police and security forces in the early hours in the Panzgam area of Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, a police spokesman said.

During the search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party, which retaliated, he said.