Anantnag, June 4: A self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was killed while three soldiers and a civilian were injured in an overnight encounter in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.

 

"Terrorist Commander of proscribed #terror outfit HM Nisar Khanday killed. #Incriminating materials, #arms & ammunition including 01 AK 47 rifle recovered. #Operation in progress," Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar tweeted.

 

 

The encounter began on Friday evening in the Rishipora area of Anantnag. He said three soldiers and a civilian sustained injuries in the early exchange of firing with the militants. "All the injured were immediately airlifted to 92 base hospital Srinagar for treatment and are stated to be stable," the Kashmir Police tweeted.

 

 

There have been a series of anti-terror operations in Kashmir over the last few months in which many terrorists and their commanders have been eliminated. Most of the operations have been jointly conducted by the police and the army on the basis of specific intelligence inputs.