LeT terrorist killed in Shopian gunfight

Srinagar, Oct 02: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Baskuchan area of Shopian on Sunday, police said.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Vijay Kumar in a tweet said the killed terrorist has been identified as Naseer Ahmad Bhat of Nowpora Baskuchan Shopian. He was linked with LeT terror outfit.
“Incriminating materials, arms, and ammunition including an AK-47 rifle recovered. He (Bhat) was involved in several terror crimes and recently escaped from an encounter,” ADGP Kumar said in a tweet.
The police spokesman said that based on a specific input generated by Police regarding presence of a terrorist in the village Baskuchan area of Shopian, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, Army (44R), and CRPF (178Bn) in the area.
“During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately towards forces which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter.
“In the ensuing encounter, 01 local terrorist linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter,” he said.
As per police records, the killed terrorist was a categorized terrorist and involved in several terror crime cases.
“Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including 01 AK rifle were recovered from the site of the encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation,” he said.
Meanwhile, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered by Police and further investigation is in progress.
“People are requested to cooperate with Police till the area at the encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any,” he said.