NewsX: In a major fillip to the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, a noted LeT terrorist Hilal Moulvi was killed in an encounter in Srinagar today. Three Jammu and Kashmir police also sustained injuries during the gunfight.

Police said that based on a specific tip off, a residential house in the densely populated downtown Srinagar, was cordoned off. But when Moulvi was asked to surrender, he fired from his automatic weapon leading to a gunfight and his subsequent killing.

Hilal Moulvi is reportedly wanted in many killings in North Kashmir including attacks on Sarpanches. The encounter is a second major terrorist related incident in Srinagar this year.