Srinagar Nov 25 PTI Most of the shops in the Downtown area of Srinagar were shut on Thursday while mobile internet remained suspended in many parts of the city a day after the killing of three militants including the self-styled commander of The Resistance Front TRF in an encounter officials said They said the areas where the shutdown was observed included Nowhatta Gojwara Khanyar Safakadal Nawakadal Rajouri Kadal and MR Gunj in the interior areas of Srinagar However traffic was plying normally they added The officials said mobile internet was suspended in several areas of the city as a precautionary measure Police on Wednesday said security forces killed three militants in a brief encounter in the Rambagh area of the city The slain included self-styled commander of TRF Mehran Shalla a resident of the Jamalata area in Nawakadal here The other two militants were identified as Manzoor Ahmad Mir and Arafat Sheikh both residents of Pulwama Police said the three were affiliated with TRF an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Toiba Shalla was wanted by security forces in connection with several civilian killings including the shooting of two teachers belonging to minority communities inside a school in the Eidgah area of the city last month they said PTI SSB MIJ AQS AQS

Srinagar Nov 24 PTI Three militants including a self-styled commander of terror outfit The Resistance Front TRF wanted in the recent civilian killings in the city were gunned down by security forces on Wednesday officials saidThe brief shootout occurred at the Rambagh area in the city they saidOfficials said the three militants including Mehran Shalla the self-styled commander of TRF were travelling in a car when they were waylaid by the security forcesThe militants were shot dead as they tried to escape they saidApart from Shalla a resident of the Jamalata area of the city the other two slain militants are Manzoor Ahmad Mir and Arafat Sheikh both residents of Pulwama officials saidAccording to the officials the militants were affiliated with TRF an offshoot of Lashkar-e-TaibaMehran was wanted by the security forces in connection with several civilian killings including the shooting of two teachers inside a school in the Eidgah area of Srinagar last month they said PTI MIJ NSD