In a major breakthrough, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who had murdered TV artist Amreen Bhatt on Wednesday, were gunned down by the security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora in the wee hours of Friday.

Sharing more information, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said, “The heinous murder case of TV artist Amreen Bhat has been solved in 24 hours.” “Two LeT terrorists have been killed in the Soura area of the Srinagar in an encounter. They have been identified as Shakir Ahmed Waza and Afreen Aftab Malik.”

“Incriminating materials, including arms & ammunition, have recovered from them. Further details shall follow, “ the IGP Kashmir said. He added that a total of ten terrorists, including 3 from JeM and 7 from LeT-linked terror outfits, have been killed in separate encounters in the past 3 days in Kashmir Valley.