Top LeT commander among 3 terrorists killed in twin encounters
SRINAGAR: In a huge achievement for the security forces, a top Pakistani commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and two other terrorists were killed in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar and Anantnag districts on Saturday, officials said.
The LeT commander, identified as Usman, was active in the valley for several years and was also involved in the martyrdom of Inspector Masroor Wani, a senior police officer said.
preliminary investigation, the two terrorists killed in Anantnag were identified as Zahid Rashid, a resident of Bijbehara, and Arbaz Mir, a resident of Qaimoh who was missing since 2018 and had joined terror ranks.
Apart from the twin gunfights, security forces have also launched a search operation after terrorists’ movements were observed in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, the Army said.
The Srinagar-based Chinar Corps unit of the Army said troops spotted “suspicious movements” in the general area Panar in Bandipora on Friday evening.
“On being challenged, the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire and escaped into the jungle,” the Army said.
