Police on Friday confirmed death of a militant associated with the recent civilian killings in Srinagar in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir .
After being tipped off on the presence of militants in the Wahibug area of Pulwama, the Security forces kaunched a cordon and search operation.
Police said the search operation turned into an encounter in which one militant was killed.
"One #terrorist of #Srinagar City involved in recent civilian killing, neutralised in #Pulwama #encounter," IGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar tweeted.
(With PTI Inputs)
