Militants fired at an army patrol team at Beewra in Anantnag’s Srigufwara on Wednesday morning, sparking a gun battle. File photo

Srinagar, December 14A top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander was one of two militants killed in separate encounters with security forces in Kashmir’s Anantnag and Baramulla districts on Wednesday.Abu Bakar, a top commander of the militant LeT carrying on his head a bounty of Rs 10 lakh, was killed in counter-insurgency operations in Baramullah’s Sopore. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)In another incident, militants fired at an army patrol team at Beewra in Anantnag’s Srigufwara on Wednesday morning, sparking a gun battle, a policeman said.A suspected militant identified as Basit Ahmad Dar was killed.Dar had recently joined the Hizbul Mujahideen, the policeman said.— PTI/TNS