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LeT man involved in Lt Fayaz's killing shot dead

Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, involved in the killing of Lt Umar Fayaz in May, was on Saturday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district, south Kashmir, a police official said. A joint team of the police and Army laid a trap for Ishfaq Ahmad Padder in Tantray Pora village. The militant was shot dead after he opened fire while trying to escape, the spokesman said.
The spokesman added that Padder was involved in the brutal killing of 22-year-old Lt Fayaz in Shopian. The newly commissioned officer was abducted and killed by LeT militants in May, when he was attending a wedding of a relative. Padder was also involved in robberies at J&K Bank and Ellaquai Dehati Bank, besides a firing incident at the Yaripora police station, he said.
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