He was involved in attack on police party at Mir bazar in Anantnag in which a police official was killed.
They said several persons were injured in the clashes.
All three terrorists belonged to the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Kashmir women help a wailing relative of a slain policeman during a ceremony in Anantnag district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on June 16, 2017. A top-ranking LeT commander, along-with his aide, is believed to have been killed in the encounter.
The serach operation was also hampered after six policemen including an officer Feroz Ahmed Dar were gunned down at Achabal area, 20 km south of the encounter site.
Meanwhile, dozens of people were injured after Indian Army and police personnel vandalized Turkewangam village in Shopian district Friday night, beating people ruthlessly and ransacked residential houses.
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She said that violence and the killing of the innocent people would only push the state towards destruction and uncertainty rather than peace.
Separatist leaders who challenge India's sovereignty over Kashmir called for a general strike on Saturday to protest the killings.
As many as six policemen were killed in a terrorist attack on a police party in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday. The area has now been cordoned off.
LeT district commander Junaid Matoo, who became notorious after attacking a police van and killing three policemen a year ago, was among those killed. He carried a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was wanted in many cases.
Locals in Kashmir's rural pockets are increasingly providing cover to the militants during the security forces' anti-terror operations, making encounters hard to carry out, while also causing civilian deaths. "They fired at the policemen from very close range and later escaped with five AK-47 rifles, " Vaid said, adding that the militants were the local Lashkar-e-Toiba module operating in the area.
The forces have also recovered three weapons from the encounter spot. Hospital sources told Mirror that Ashraf was brought dead. On the same evening, militants fired upon two cops; one succumbed to his injuries. Scores of youth took to streets at these places pelted stones and bricks on government forces, ensuing clashes.
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