<span style="color: #222222;">Counter militant operation in Shopian area in South Kashmir ended with the killing of three local Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">An army jawan was also injured in the initial phase of a gunfight.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Lateef Ahmad Dar Lateef Tiger, who was the only surviving militant of Burhan Group-11, was killed along with two of his associates in Adkhara Village of Imam Sahib in  Shopian district. Security officials described Lateef Tiger's killing as a big success.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The encounter started after a joint team of Army, CRPF and J&K Police launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area in wee hours on Friday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Security sources said that Lateef Tiger was active since 2014. The two other slain militants were identified as Tariq Molvi of Moolu Chitragam and Shariq Ahmad Nengroo of Chotigam, Shopian.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen commander was killed in a gunfight with security forces in July 2016.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pertinently, Pulwama and Shopian districts are going to polls in the last leg of 3rd Phase of Lok Sabha Elections for Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency on 6th of this month. </span>