Top LeT terrorist Waseem Shah eliminated
15 Oct 2017 12:00 AM IST
Srinagar: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Waseem Shah, believed to be the main architect of the unrest last year in south Kashmir, was killed along with his accomplice by security forces in an encounter early this morning in Pulwama district, police said. Shah, 23, also known as 'Abu Osama Bhai' was killed at Litter area in Pulwama, a place considered to be a safe haven for militants. This is the first counter-insurgency operation in Litter area in four years.
Jammu and Kashmir police had been tracking the movements of Shah, who is considered the 'don' of Heff, another stronghold of militants in South Kashmir's Shopian district. After information that he was at his hideout at Litter, police and its special operation group team cordoned off the area, police said. Shah along with his bodyguard Nisar Ahmed Mir made an attempt to flee but could not penetrate the cordon which had been strengthened by the presence of the CRPF and Army, they said.
Shah, who was wanted in various terror-related cases, was killed along with Nisar, another local who had joined militancy in May this year.
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