Two militants were killed in a gunfight in Gopalpora area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday.Government Forces cordoned off the area after receiving a tip off about the presence of militants. The gunfight started in the middle of the night that ended during wee hours with the killing of two local militants who both hail from South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.Police identified the two young slain militants as Hilal Ahmad Wani son of Muhammad Akram Wani a resident of Yaripora and Shoaib Ahmed Lone alias Mursi son of Late Arshad Hussain of Kulgam.A police spokesperson said that as per police records, both the militants were affiliated with proscribed outfit HM and were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of attacks on security establishments.The spokesman said Hilal Wani had a long history of militant records and was involved in several cases.“Hilal was the main person responsible for the recruitment into the militant fold and was longest surviving militant who was operating across the southern and central belts of the valley ever since he had joined the militant ranks in 2015,” said the spokesman.“He was responsible for conspiring and executing many militant attacks on the security establishments in the valley,” he said.“Similarly Shoaib Lone @ Mursi was involved in several attacks and several cases were registered against him. He was also part of groups involved in conspiring and executing attacks in the valley,” he added.“Incriminating material including arms and ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter. All these materials have been taken in the case records for the purpose of investigation and probe their complicity in other terror cases,” said the spokesman. “Bodies of the slain militants were handed over to their family after completion of medico-legal formalities,” he said. Meanwhile, thousands of people participated in the last rites of these two slain militants. (CNS)