Additional Director General of Police (Kashmir), Vijay Kumar, on Tuesday announced that the top Lashkar-e-Toiba Commander Uzair Khan has been killed in the operation against militants at Gadole forest, Kokernag in Anantnag
Anantnag encounter: The encounter has entered its sixth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight with terrorists.
The operation to eliminate militants in Anantnag district, which has been ongoing for four days, has utilized drones and helicopters to track and neutralize the militants responsible for killing three security forces officers. Security forces have employed drones and helicopters to survey the hilly terrain and locate the militants in the forests. The operation resumed on Saturday with mortar shells being fired towards the forest.