Jaish commander killed in Shopian encounter

In a significant breakthrough, safety forces killed Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Vilayat Hussain Lone in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday, taking the demise toll of the ultras within the three-day operation to 2.
Lone — alias Sajjad Afghani, who was one of many most-wanted militants in Kashmir — was killed in a recent trade of fireplace with safety forces in Rawalpora space the place an anti-militancy operation was launched on Saturday, police mentioned.

A militant — recognized as Jahangir Ahmad Wani of the Lashkar-e-Taiba — was killed within the gunfight on Sunday.
Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar congratulated the safety forces for killing Afghani.