Security forces shot dead three militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, sparking street clashes in Srinagar which injured several civilian protestors and security personnel on Wednesday, officials said.

Police said one of the killed Hizbul Mujahideen militants was also involved in the lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Muhammad Ayub Pandit outside a mosque here last month.


The three militants were killed after a gunfight with security forces in a village that began the previous day, officials said. The battle started on Tuesday evening after security forces laid a cordon around Radbug village, some 30 km from here.