Pakistan-based militant groups Jaish-e-Muhammad (GEM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) have killed five people in two separate gun battles in Naira and Badgam in Pulwama, Indian-administered Kashmir.
The gunfight took place on Saturday night, according to Indian media.
Four people were killed in a gunfight in the Naira area of Pulwama in south Kashmir, and one was killed in a gunfight with security forces in the Badgam district of central Kashmir.
According to a report from Greater Kashmir, the four people killed in Naira were Jaish-e-Muhammad, quoting a police official there.
He also said that weapons and explosives were recovered from the spot where the gunfight took place.
And the person killed in Charar-e-Sharif of Badgam is related to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The IGP of Kashmir tweeted about the incident, and he also called it a great success.
Zee Wani, a top JM commander, was among those killed in Pulwama, Zee News reported.
There were 11 gun battles with security forces in the Kashmir Valley; So 21 people, including eight foreigners, were killed.