The three militants slain in a gunfight with the government forces in Charar-e-Sharif area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district yesterday were residents of southern Pulwama district.
An official identified the slain as Shahid Baba (21) of Drubgam, Manzoor Ahmad Kar (26) of Sirnoo and Hilal Ahmad Rather of Begumbagh.
He said Baba and Rather had joined militancy in February last year, Kar was active from July 2017.
Baba, he said, was affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad while Rather and Baba were members of Hizb ul Mujahideen.
The trio, according to police, were killed in a daylong gunfight with the forces in Hapatnar forests in Charar-e-Sharif yesterday.
An official said that arms and ammunition were recovered from the gunfight site.
