Stock Photo - Three militants involved in the attack on a BJP leader's house in Nowgam area of the city were on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district. Police said that acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Dobhi Mohalla in Kakapora area, security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation there. The personnel were fired upon while conducting the search, following which they retaliated and a gunfight broke out. In the exchange of fire, all the three militants were killed. Security forces recovered incriminating material, including arms and ammunition from the encounter site. Jammu and Kashmir.