SRINAGAR: "Most wanted" Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Naveed Jhutt , who was allegedly involved in the assassination of journalist Shujaat Bukhari , was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir 's Budgam district on Wednesday, officials said.The gun battle broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Budgam in the morning following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.The militants opened fire at the security personnel carrying out searches and the forces retaliated, he said.Internet services in Budgam have been snapped as a precautionary measure.Bukhari, a veteran journalist and editor of Rising Kashmir, was shot dead by terrorists outside his office in the heart of Srinagar in June this year.