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Premises of two IAS officers -- Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, posted as Secretary of Tribal Affairs in the Jammu and Kashmir government, and Niraj Kumar, Additional Resident Commissioner of UT in the national capital -- were searched.
One of the slain militants was identified as Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram, a top commander of LeT. He was active since 2017.
The police had earlier tweeted about the Ansar Ghazwatul Hind chief trapped inside the mosque.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Zanigam village that turned into an encounter after militants opened fire towards security forces' positions.
One militant was killed in the initial exchange of firing between the two sides last evening while another ultra was shot dead on Tuesday morning.
On July 18, the Army claimed three militants were killed in Amshipura village in the higher reaches of south Kashmir's Shopian district.
The district commander of Al-Badr outfit and another militant involved in the abduction and killing of a panch from Khanmoh area of the city whose body was recovered from Shopian on Friday were among the slain militants.
Security forces including the local police, Rashtriya Rifles and the central reserve police carried out the operations after receiving specific information about the presence of terrorists.
Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a self-styled commander, were killed in a gun battle with security forces in the district's Reban area on Sunday.
On a specific input, the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Reban area of south Kashmir district, a police spokesperson said.