Two LeT militants killed in encounter in Rajouri

Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed today in an encounter with the security forces in higher reaches of Budhal in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said here.

Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces in higher reaches of Budhal in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said here.

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On specific information about the presence of a group of militants, security forces launched a search operation in higher reaches of Budhal, about 244 kms from here, in Rajouri this morning, they said.

During the search, an encounter broke out between the militants and the operation parties in which two ultras were killed, they said.

The bodies of the slain militants have not been yet recovered as the gunbattle was on, the sources said.