Hizbul militant killed, Lashkar-man apprehended

Jammu, Nov 16 (UNI) Security forces have gunned down a top Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant and apprehended a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ultra in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, official sources said here today.

Sources said 58 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Border Security Force (BSF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) launched a search operation at Sumber in Ramban police district after getting a tip-off about the movement of two top Hizbul militants in the area.

During the search operation, the militants opened fire on the troops. After an encounter, lasting almost two hours, a top Hizbul militant, later identified as Basharat Peer alias Saifullah, was killed by the security personnel while his associate managed to escape. An insas rifle, two magazines, 74 rounds of ammunition, one Chinese grenade, one radio set and Rs 4000 in Indian currency were recovered.

In another incident, the Doda police arrested a LeT militant, Mohammad Ibrahim alias Qureshi from Kither area of Kishtwar tehsil.

Qureshi was wanted in cases involving the smuggling of arms and ammunition, including two AK rifles, two magazines, 60 rounds of ammunition, one hand grenade and four pistol rounds from the Kishtwar police station on July 29 this year.

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