(Asian News Hub) – Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed including top Commander Mudasir Pandit, who was involved in the killing of three policemen and four others, in an encounter by security forces on Monday in Sopore of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
“Top LeT militant Mudasir Pandit who was involved in the killing of three policemen, two councillors and two civilians recently and accused of several other crimes was killed in Sopore encounter,” Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police Kashmir told ANI.
Two other militants were also killed by security forces along with Pandit.
On the afternoon of March 29, Sopore Police had received information about a terror crime incident near SDH Sopore where militants attacked municipal councillors. Senior police and CAPF officers immediately reached the spot.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that militants had fired indiscriminately upon the Municipal Councillors near Lone Building opposite SDH Sopore resulting in injuries to two Municipal Councillors namely Reyaz Ahmad Pir and Shams-ud-din Pir and a police personnel namely Shafqat Nazir. However, among the injured Councillor Reyaz Ahmad and police personnel Shafqat Ahmad succumbed to their injuries,” the police said in a statement.
ANI
