SRINAGAR: Security forces killed two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian. The deceased militants has been identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba's Morifat Maqbool and Abrar alias Jasim Farooq. The encounter took place in Amshipora on Tuesday morning. Police said that Jasim Farooq was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma in February.

The search was carried out by the security forces based on intelligence received that there were terrorists in the area. Clashes continue in the area.

Sanjay Sharma, who worked as a security guard in a bank, was shot dead by terrorists while he was going to the market near his house. Sanjay passed away while undergoing treatment. Two days after this, one of the terrorists, Aquib Mushtaq Bhatt, was killed in a joint operation by the army and the police.