LeT Militant Associate Involved in Killing of Non-Local Labourers Killed in Anantnag Gunfight: Police

Police on Sunday said that a militant Associate of Lashkar-i-Toiba was killed during a gunfight with militants in Bijbhera area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

In a series of tweets, The Kashmir Zone Police wrote, ” When search party reached towards the suspected hideout militants opened fire which hit one accused, hybrid Militant of LeT Sajjad Tantray of Kulgam, who was with search party for identification of hideout. He was rushed to SDH Bijbehara where doctors declared him brought dead,”.

In Another Tweet, they wrote,” During investigation hybrid Militant Sajjad Tantray, who was earlier a militant associate of LeT and released from PSA, revealed that he had attacked on two outside labourers on 13/11/2022 at Rakhmomen, Bijbehara in Anantnag in which two labourers got seriously injured,”

“Later on, labourer namely Chota Prasad succumbed to injuries on 18/11/2022 at Hospital. Weapon of offence (Pistol) and vehicle used in militant crime were also recovered on his disclosure. Investigation is going on vigorously to arrest more Militant associates of this module, ends the tweet.(GNS)