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This Article is From Sep 04, 2009

Top LeT militant killed in gunbattle in Jammu

Top LeT militant killed in gunbattle in Jammu
J&K:

A self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Jammu's Reasi district on Friday.

An operation was launched by security forces in Batoi forest area, 120 kms from Jammu, early on Friday morning, official sources said.

An encounter soon broke out in which the commander of LeT identified as Abu Jindal alias Mohammad Avais, code name Zuman of Pakistan was killed.

The operation was still on and two militants are believed to be hiding.

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