Five militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) including a ‘district commander’ were killed in an encounter with a joint team of Police, Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Sugoo Handamah village in Shopian District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on June 10, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that the identification and affiliation of the killed militants is being ascertained. However, as per credible sources the killed militants belonged to HM and LeT. Incriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter.