Srinagar, Jan 19 (KNS): A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was Thursdaykilled in a gunfight that raged between forces and militants in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said.
According to the police officials, acting on a specific information about the presence of militants in Para Mohallah, Hajin locality of Bandipora district, Bandipora police along with 13-RR and 45 BN CRPF cordoned off area and launched the search operation.
“The hiding militant opened fire on the joint search party, triggering an encounter. The encounter ended with the killing a militant, who was Divisional commander of LeT,” officials said.
The officials identified the slain militant as Abu Musaib resident of Pakistan. “Musaib reportedly a nephew of Zaki Rehman Lakhvi, LeT operational chief of Pakistan was functioning as self style Divisional commander of LeT,” police officials said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“One AK-56, 66 rounds, three Magazines, one radio set and three grenades were recovered from the encounter site,” they said.
The slain militant was active in Bandipora and Ganderbal areas since August 2015 and was involved in many militancy related activities which included weapon snatching of an army personnel of 14-RR in Bandipora In October 2015.
They said that in 2016, he was involved in injuring a civilian at Hajin, and firing on the Army patrol of 13-RR in which two army personnel were killed. “He played an active role in organizing the Fidayeen attack on August 15 2016 at Nowhatta in Srinagar,” officials said. (KNS)