SRINAGAR: A CRPF jawan and two terrorists were killed in a brief encounter at Lawaypora area on Srinagar-Gulmarg road on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon. Another terrorist was captured alive. The trio — belonging to three different proscribed outfits — may have planned to carry out a terror strike in Srinagar city, J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh said while addressing a press conference later in the day.“The slain terrorists were identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba affiliate Ziaur Rehman from Budgam and Khateeb Das of Hizbul Mujahideen . Rehman had several FIRs registered against him and was also involved in weapon snatching at the official residence of Congress functionary Muzaffar Parray in 2018. Das, meanwhile, is the brother-in-law of slain ISJK commander Mugees Mir of Parimpora, Srinagar. The third, who was caught injured, is Umar Fayaz, associated with ISJK,” said IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar.CRPF Special DG (ADG) Zulfikar Hassan , who was also present at the press conference, said, “A joint team of J&K Police and CRPF’s 73 Bn had set up temporary checkpoints on the Srinagar-Parimpora stretch based on intelligence inputs.” The three were coming from Baramulla district on a two-wheeler which was intercepted by CRPF personnel at a checkpoint in Lawaypora area on Baramulla road.“They were wearing no helmets and when asked to stop, one of them opened fire at the on-duty personnel and shot a CRPF jawan in the head, triggering a gunfight,” Hassan said. “In the ensuing exchange of fire, CRPF’s Ramesh Ranjan , and terrorists Rehman and Das were killed, while Fayaz managed to flee from the spot in an injured condition. Security forces immediately launched a search operation for Fayaz, who was later captured and hospitalised,” he added.Two pistols and some grenades were recovered from the encounter site. “Given the profile of Rehman, however, there is a possibility that he was carrying more weapons. We will learn more upon questioning the injured terrorist,” DGP Singh said, adding that ever since 2G services were restored on mobile phones in Kashmir, terrorists have been misusing the facility by creating WhatsApp groups via VPN.