Srinagar 12 October (KNB): Monday, Top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander from Pakistan and a local militant have been killed in an encounter in Barzulla area of Srinagar district, police officials confirmed.
Earlier the IGP Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said that two militants including LeT commander Saifullah and another local militant from South Kashmir are trapped in Rambagh area of Srinagar.
“Saifullah was involved in the attack on CRPF on September 24 in which ASI of CRPF was killed. He was also involved in the killing of two CRPF men and injuring three at Kandizaal, Pampore,” the IGP said.
He said that Saifullah had infiltrated into Kashmir this year only and was first operating in north Kashmir and since past two months he was operating in South Kashmir.
He said that yesterday evening, police received specific input about the presence of Lashkar commander Saifullah and a local militant from South Kashmir. “We laid a cordon and the militant got trapped,” he added.
He also mentioned that civilians were evacuated from the area which is congested.
“We offered them to surrender as that’s part of our Standard Operating Procedure (SoP), but they refused and fired, triggering a gun-battle,” the IGP said. (KNB)