Three terrorists, including the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar, have been killed in an encounter in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Azhar's nephew has been identified as Abu Talha. He was an A++ category terrorist.

The encounter broke out in the district's Kandi Aglar village on Monday. The other two slain terrorists, also belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed have been identified as Mehmood Bhai and Wasim Ahmed Ganai.

"Three weapons, including one AK, an M16 rifle and a pistol, besides ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter," a police official said.

"It is the same group that was wanted for the attack on the police check-post in Rajpora", he added.

An M16 rifle also recovered apart from 1 AK47 & pistol. Photo of M16 was doing rounds on social media recently: J&K Police #PulwamaEncounter pic.twitter.com/rge3JDMLVL - ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2017

According to the police, a soldier of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was martyred and two soldiers and a civilian injured during this operation. The encounter has ended, said cops.

Photo of Naik Vrahma Pal Singh, who lost his life in Pulwama encounter, last night. He is a resident of Bulandshahar's Syana in UP. pic.twitter.com/MLng897Orz - ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 7, 2017

On Monday, a joint team of the Army's 44 RR, Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) cordoned off the village after intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there.

The security personnel carrying out search operations were fired upon by hiding terrorists after which a gunfight started late last evening.

A civilian called Showkat Ahmad was also injured when protesters clashed with the security forces to disrupt the operation against the terrorists.

Internet services have been suspended in Pulwama district to check the spread of rumours.

(WITH INPUTS FROM IANS)

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