A top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, carrying a reward of Rs. 10 lakh on his head, was on Saturday killed in an encounter with the police and the Army in Pulwama district, marking a major success for the security forces.

The slain militant Irshad, a resident of Kakapora of Pulwama, about 40 km south of here, was wanted for killing of eight Armymen in Hyderpora in June 2013 besides several other attacks on the Army and the police, official sources said.

Listed as ‘A+’ category (most wanted) militant by the police, Irshad was killed in an encounter that broke out at Begum Bagh village in the Kakapora area when the police went there following a specific information about presence of some militants there, they said. The gun battle erupted when the hiding militants opened fire at the police party. — PTI