Rajnath meets top military brass over security

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and the country's top military brass on Tuesday carried out a comprehensive review of the national security scenario along the frontier with Pakistan.

- Agencies

SRINAGAR: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Shahid Kuttay was among three terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.

Based on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in Shukroo Keller area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there.

They said the search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the forces who retaliated.

In the exchange of fire, three terrorists were killed, the officials added.

A senior police officer said the terrorists belonged to LeT.

He identified two of the killed terrorists as Shahid Kuttay and Adnan Shafi. The identity of the third one was being ascertained, he said.