Police here said that the militant, who was coming from Varanasi in a truck, was challenged by the police team near the Sharda canal, on the outskirts of Lucknow.
NEW DELHI: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including one believed to be involved in
Tuesday's twin blasts in Varanasi were killed in separate encounters with the police in Delhi and Lucknow early on Wednesday morning.
While two terrorists were killed in an encounter with the police in Bawana area of North West Delhi, another militant, identified as Salar alias Doctor Majeed was gunned down in as joint operation by UP Special Task Force and J and K Police in Gosaiganj on the outskirts of Lucknow.
Police sources said RDX and some detonators were found from possession of Salar, a Pakistani national.
Police did not rule out his involvement in the blasts at Sankatmochan temple and Cantonment Railway Station in Varanasi. They claimed that the encounter took place when he was on his way to Lucknow from Varanasi.
"I do not rule out the possibility of he being involved in the conspiracy behind Varanasi blasts," K Rajendra, Inspector General (Kashmir Range) said in Srinagar adding that Salar had been operating in Delhi and UP for quite sometime.
Salar was involved in a conspiracy to carryout an attack on the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun which was foiled by the security forces.
In Delhi, among the two LeT terrorists killed was Ghulam Yazdani, who was suspected to be involved in the Vijayadashmi attack on the Special Task Force office in Hyderabad.
Yazdani, a Bangladeshi national, and his colleague were gunned down in Bawana area by a team of Special Cell sleuths in an encounter at around 5.45 am, Joint Commissioner (special cell) Karnal Singh said.
One AK-56 assault rifle, two Czheck-made Lugar pistols, four grenades, four kg PETN explosive, fake currency with the face value of Rs 47,000, and a Bangladeshi sim card were recovered from their possession. Several rounds of ammunition were also recovered from the duo.
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