Top Lashkar commander among two terrorists killed in encounter in Srinagar
The two killings took the number of terrorists killed in Srinagar this year to 18. Since October 6, as many as 10 terrorists have been killed.
A top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) from Pakistan was among the two terrorists killed by security forces in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Monday. The two killings took the number of terrorists killed in Srinagar this year to 18. Since October 6, as many as 10 terrorists have been killed across Kashmir valley in four different operations and an attack. Officials said that a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Srinagar Police and CRPF in Rambagh area on specific information. “During the search operation, as the presence of terrorists was ascertained, they were given the opportunity to surrender after evacuating all the civilians. However they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated leading to an encounter in which two LeT terrorists were killed,” a police spokesperson said. Also read: 54 done, BRO rushes to build 48 bridges that can shoulder T-90 main battle tanks The killed terrorists were identified as top …