SRINAGAR, May 23: A top police officer in India-held Kashmir said on Thursday that a local militant ‘commander’ had been killed in a fierce gunbattle with Indian forces.

IGP Abdul Gani Mir said the fighting started early on Thursday after police and paramilitary troops acted on a tip and surrounded a neighbourhood in Srinagar.

Mir said three policemen were wounded in the fighting that killed Hilal Moulvi of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. There was no immediate confirmation from LeT.—AP