LeT commander, police constable among 4 killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug 10 (UNI) A top commander of Pakistan based Lashker-e- Toiba (LeT) and a state police constable were among four people killed in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said.

A police spokesman said troops of state police launched a search operation at village Wanigam, Pattan, in north Kashmir district of Baramulla early this morning. However, when the police personnel were sealing the area, militants opened fire which was effectively returned by the troops.

He said a LeT self styled district commander Abu Harris, a resident of Pakistan, was killed in the encounter.

He said Harris was involved in a number of militant attacks on security forces, including on DIG, CRPF, at Palhalan on June 24 this year.

Militants shot at and critically wounded a police constable at Pakherpora, in Badgam district yesterday. He was admitted to hospital here where he died this morning.

One Abdul Rahim Tantray was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured when militants opened fire at main chowk Pattan, in Baramulla district today. The injured were admitted to hospital.

They said security forces killed one Nazir Ahmad Parray, due to mistaken identity in the central Kashmir district of Badgam early this morning.

Security forces opened fire after they mistook Parray as a militant at Badroo, Magam. He died before he could be shifted to hospital, sources said.

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