Jammu: In a major successful operation, security forces on Sunday shot dead a top ranking militant and divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an encounter in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
After receiving specific information about the presence of two top militants of LeT in the area, 25 Rastriya Rifles (RR) and police launched a search operation in Mehrota in Surankote tehsil of the district late last night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Poonch, Ashkoor Wani told PTI.
During the encounter, top militant and divisional commander Abu Usmaan was killed, the SSP said, adding that his body has been recovered.
A pistol and some ammunition have been recovered from the slain militant from the spot of the encounter, he said.
The SSP said a gun fight was going on between the security forces and the second militant.
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