Two foreign militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter with Security Forces at Bishembar Nagar area of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on April 10, reports Daily Excelsior. They were involved in the recent attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Maisuma area of Srinagar. Speaking to reporters, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar described the killings as a major success for the SFs in Srinagar. He said that Police while acting on a lead sealed the suspected house in Bishembar Nagar area of Srinagar early this morning. “After closing in on the house where two militants were hiding, they lobbed a grenade and fired at the security forces in which two policemen and a CRPF personnel were injured,” the IGP said. He said that in the ensuing encounter, two hardcore LeT militants were killed. Both the killed militants were Pakistani and identified as Mohammad Bhai alias Abu Qasim, alias Mir Shoaib alias Mudassir and Abu Arsalan alias Khalid alias Aadil. As per police records, both of them were ‘A’ categorized and linked with LeT. Mohammad Bhai was active since 2019 while as Abu Arsalan was active since year 2021 in Central Kashmir. They were involved in pistol-borne attacks and grenade throwing incidents at various places. They were also involved in an attack on CRPF personnel in Maisuma in which one CRPF was killed and another injured.
Meanwhile, in its first operation outside Jammu and Kashmir, the newly constituted State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted raids in the National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi on April 10 in connection with a terror funding case, reports Daily Excelsior. SIA teams carried out the searches at three places in Delhi, one in Faridabad in Haryana and two in Anantnag of south Kashmir, the SIA officials said. The teams were assisted by the Delhi Police and other security agencies. Those raided included some lawyers who allegedly received funds from a Pakistan-based conduit of the LeT terror group to sustain terrorist and secessionist networks in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country. During the searches, incriminating materials such as digital devices, SIM cards, mobile phones and documents have been recovered and seized.