Three militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

A police personnel was also injured in the operation in Amargarh.

Police said that after receiving specific inputs, the Amargarh area was cordoned around midnight. The militants were hiding inside a house, and the security forces asked them to surrender. When they refused, a gun battle began around 2am and ended at 5.55am, officials said.

“We requested the terrorists to surrender but they opened fire, we responded in the same way then,” Rajeshwar Jamwal,commanding officer of the Indian Army’s 52 Rashtriya Rifles, told the media.

Though the fire fight ended, security forces launched a search operation, officials said.Watch Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants killed, cop injured in encounter in Sopore With HD Quality.