Srinagar, January 18, (Scoop News)- Two LeT militants including a Group commander were killed in an encounter with police and security forces this morning,Police said in a official statement.
According to Police, Sopore police alongwith 22 RR and 177 BN CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in village Saidpora, in the jurisdiction of police station Sopore. The militants fired upon the joint search party, triggering an encounter in which two militants were killed.
The slain militants were identified as foreign militants Assadullah and Mohammad Ramzan of LeT outfit.
Police said that Asadullah infiltrated last year and was a Group commander of LeT. He was instrumental to rope in cadres of Jaish into his group. He was active in Kupwara district earlier and had moved to Sopore area last month and was planning to reactivate LeT base in Sopore.
Ramazan was earlier affiliated with Jaish and was a part of the 20-strong JeM group in north Kashmir which had infiltrated in 2013. A large part of that group migrated to South Kashmir and many were killed. He was one of the two remaining JeM militants of that group in North Kashmir who had now got inducted into LeT,Police said.
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