Top Lashkar Commander killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 16: Security forces killed a self-styled financial controller of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir last night, a Defence Ministry spokesman said today.

He said troops of 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) launched a search operation at Nadimarg forest in south Kashmir yesterday afternoon following a tip-off that a group of militants had entered the area from Doda through Pirpanjal Rang.

The troops were searching the woods when militants opened fire, he said, adding in the ensuing encounter a Lashkar commander Abu Saad was killed.

Saad, a resident of Lahore was chief administrator and financial controller of the Lashkar.

He said Abu Saad was Amir of LeT Madaras in Muridke and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

The spokesman said it was a great success for the security forces in south Kashmir.

UNI