According to reports, Indian Army, Special operation group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force laid seize around Panzgam village in the early morning after receiving inputs about some militants in the area.
When the cordon around the hiding militants was tightened, they resorted to indiscriminate firing at the security men leading to an encounter that left three local Hizbul Mujahideen dead.
The slain militants have been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar of Dogirpura, Ishfaq Ahmad Baba of Tahab and Haseeb Ahmad Pahla (Palla) of Bandina.
Firing at the encounter site has stopped, but search operation is still on, reports said.
Three AK-47 rifles have been recovered from the encounter site.
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