In Swift Op, J&K Cops-In-Plainclothes Kill Top Lashkar Terrorist And Aide

Srinagar:

One among Jammu and Kashmir’s most wished terrorists was at the moment killed in Srinagar in a Bollywood-style operation by the police. Abbas Sheikh, a prime commander of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, was shot lifeless, together with an affiliate, by ten undercover cops who cornered him within the Aloochi Bagh space within the coronary heart of the Union Territory’s capital.

On receiving details about the presence Sheikh and his affiliate Saqib Manzoor, the policemen rushed to the world and took them unexpectedly, officers mentioned. Earlier than they bought an opportunity to retaliate and trigger any harm, they have been gunned down.

“Abbas Sheikh was the self-styled chief of The Resistance Entrance. As we obtained particular enter, ten jawans of the Srinagar police, in civilian costume, laid cordon. They have been challenged and within the ensuing firing each the terrorists have been killed,” mentioned Kashmir Inspector Normal of Police Vijay Kumar.

The Resistance Entrance is reportedly a shadow outfit of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, police officers mentioned.

Calling the operation a “main success”, the police mentioned Sheikh and Manzoor had “unleashed terror” within the area. In addition to a number of killings, the 2 have been additionally answerable for motivating kids to affix their ranks.

Forty-six-year-old Sheikh was one of many longest surviving terrorists, the police mentioned. He was earlier with the Hizbul Mujahideen and had defected to Lashkar and ultimately to TRF two years in the past.

Manzoor, a post-graduate scholar when he joined the TRF final yr, shortly rose by means of the ranks as he was believed to have carried out a number of the killings in and round Srinagar at Sheikh’s behest.