Two militants including a self-styled 'commander' of Jaish-e-Mohammad, who was a co-conspirator in the 14 February Pulwama terror attack, were on Tuesday, 30 July, killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.
"Fayaz Panzoo was killed along with his associate in an encounter based on a specific police input at Bijbehara in Anantnag district," a police official said.
Panzoo was also involved in the deadly attack on CRPF personnel at Anantnag town on 12 June in which five CRPF men were killed and SHO Arshad Khan was seriously injured and later succumbed to injuries, the official said.
The official said Panzoo joined the terror ranks in April, 2018 and was active in the Tral-Awantipora-Bijbehara-Ashmuqam areas adding he was a "most wanted" terrorists as he recruited and motivated youth to join the JeM ranks and executed a number of major terror attacks in the past.
The other slain militant has been identified as Shanu Showket of Bijbehara, he added.
The police official termed the killing of Panzoo as a "big achievement".
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)