A day after his arrest, high Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Nadeem Abrar and a Pakistani terrorist had been killed in an encounter in Parimpora space of the town, police stated on Tuesday.
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The 2 had been gunned down by a police social gathering within the early hours of Tuesday, they stated.
Giving particulars of the incident, a police spokesman stated Abrar — a high commander of LeT concerned in lots of killings — was arrested throughout checking of automobiles at Parimpora on Monday and placed on sustained interrogation.
The LeT commander confessed that he had stored his AK-47 rifle in Maloora locality, the spokesman stated.
There was a particular enter about terrorists carrying an assault on highways. Maintaining in view the seriousness of the enter, a couple of joint checkposts of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF had been positioned alongside the freeway, he stated.
“On Parimpora naka (checkpost), a car was stopped and the occupants had been requested to indicate their identification playing cards. The individual sitting on the again seat tried to open his bag and took out a grenade. The police social gathering swiftly swung into motion and grabbed him.
“Each the motive force and the individual sitting on the again seat had been taken into police custody. After taking off his masks, it was recognized that he was Abrar, a high LeT commander,” the spokesman stated.
He stated a pistol and a few hand grenades had been recovered from Abrar’s possession.
From there, Abrar was taken to the home in order that the weapon (AK 47 rifle) could possibly be recovered. The police social gathering was getting into his home after cordoning it off when the Pakistani terrorist hiding contained in the premises opened fireplace on the group.
Within the preliminary spherical of fireside, three CRPF personnel had been injured and Abrar accompanying the search social gathering additionally obtained wounded, the spokesman stated.
The power was strengthened and so they retaliated with heavy firing, he stated.
“Within the ensuing gunfire, the international terrorist who fired from inside the home was neutralised and Abrar was additionally killed. Two AK-47 rifles together with ammunition had been recovered from the location,” he added.
The spokesman stated Abrar was concerned in killings of a number of safety power personnel.