Four LeT militants killed in JK

SRINAGAR: Dealing a severe blow to Pak-based Lashker-e-Toiba, security forces have shot dead four militants of the outfit, including a Pakistani national operating as its cheif administrator in Jammu, in separate gunbattles.

Abu Mohammad Sayeed, who belongs to Lahore and acts as chief administrator and financial controller of the outfit in Jammu and Udhampur, was killed by the troops of 9-Rashtriya Rifles last night in Nandi Marg forest in Kulgam, some 70 kms from Srinagar, a defence spokesperson said on Saturday.

Terming Sayeed's killing as a major achievement, the official said the militant oversaw LeT operations for the past three years in Gool-Gulabgarh as the outfit's district commander.

Sayeed had served as the 'Amir' (Chief) of LeT Madrassa in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir. He apparently came across Pir Panjal in Kashmir valley to exfiltrate back to Pakistan, the spokesman said.

A large quantity of arms and ammunition including one AK rifle, a hand grenade, two cell phones, a stamp of district commander of LeT and high denomination Indian and Pakistani currencies were also recovered from the slain militant.

In another gunbattle, two militants, probably foreigners and belonging to the LeT, were killed in Wahipora in Pulwama district on Saturday morning.   

Earlier, a Pakistani militant Abu Mastan was killed in a firefight at Narwani-Zainapora, 60 kms from here in Pulwama in the wee hours on Saturday, the spokesman said adding one AK rifle was recovered from the slain militant.