Three militants and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper were killed in an exchange of fire on the National Highway (NH) in Laway Pora area in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on February 5, reports Daily Excelsior. The encounter took place when three persons coming from Baramulla towards Srinagar, were stopped by special Police naka (barricade) party for checking after they got suspicious about them but one of them fired on the Security Forces (SFs) leading to an exchange of fire in which two militants were killed and a CRPF trooper was killed. Another militant who was injured later succumbed to his injuries. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Vijay Kumar, identified the three militants as Zia ur Rehman, Khateeb and Fayaz Umar. “Rehman who belonged to district Budgam was affiliated with LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba). Another one is Khateeb from Bijbehara and was affiliated with Hizb (Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, HM). Third was is Fayaz Umar affiliated with ISJK (Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir). This is for the first time that we have seen that three militants belonging to three different outfits were together. The fact that we have been saying that the different outfits are working in coordination was proved true today.” Sophisticated weapons including two pistols and some grenades were recovered from the encounter site.