Jammu:
Two militants, one of them a self-styled Lashker-e-Toiba commander, were killed in separate gunbattles with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The LeT militant was killed in Kishtwar and the other ultra in Rajouri during search operations launched by security forces in Jammu region, police said.
Acting on a tip-off that some LeT ultras were hiding in Sarwan forest belt in Kishtwar district, troops conducted searches to flush them out.
In the ensuing gunfight, a LeT ultra, identified as Abdul Hafeez alias Nomaan, a self-styled commander, was killed while others escaped.
In another gunbattle, a militant, said to be a Pakistani, was killed in Daylote forest belt in Rajouri district.
An AK rifle, four grenades and a map were recovered from his possession, police said.