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I heard there's vacancy for LeT commander, but no one wants to take it, says J&K DGP SP Vaid

This follows back to back setbacks suffered by the LeT in the last one month. Two chief operations commanders of LeT were killed by the security forces in a span of one month in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Amid speculations about Zeenat-ul-Islam being named as new Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dr Shesh Paul Vaid said nobody is ready to don the mantle of the commander of the outfit.

"What is in the name? I have heard the vacancy of commander is still vacant and nobody is ready to take it up," Dr Vaid told reporters after inaugurating the Jashn-e-Dal (Dal Lake Festival) and Shikara Race – 2017.

This follows back to back setbacks suffered by the LeT in the last one month. Two chief operations commanders of LeT were killed by the security forces in a span of one month in Jammu and Kashmir.

LeT chief Abu Ismail, the main accused in Amarnath yatra bus attack, and his associate Abu Qasim were killed in a brief encounter at Aragam-Nowgam in Srinagar outskirts on September 14. He had taken over from Abu Dujana who was gunned down by security forces in Pulwama on August 1.

Zeenat-ul-Islam, the 28-year-old terrorist, is one among the 12 most wanted list released by the Indian Army on May 30. A resident of Sugan-Zainpora village of south Kashmir, Islam had joined Lashkar on November 17, 2015. An expert in making IEDs, he was arrested in 2008 before being released in 2011. Later he recycled again into militancy and rose quickly in the LeT ranks.

Islam is among the four most wanted, including Zakir Musa, who are on the radar of the security forces after the elimination of top commanders in the list of 12. "For us he (Zakir Musa) has taken up arms and he is a terrorist," Dr Vaid said.

Director General of Police said the operation all out against militants will continue till peace returns to the state. He said instruction has been passed down the line that if any militant wants to surrender he should be given a chance to lay down his arms.

"Those who want to live and lay down arms; we will give him chance to live. But only condition is that he should not fire," he said.

Dr Vaid said they have brought back 60 youngsters from the jaws of militancy. "I want to appeal through you that don't leave everything on police. It is responsibility of all be it teachers, religious leaders political leaders et to make our children understand what is good and bad. Bloodshed will not achieve anything," he said.

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