A local Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant, behind the killing of an Army man and attacks on three Kashmiri Pandits, was killed during an anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian, the J&K police said on January 5.
A police spokesman said Bilal Ahmed Bhat, affiliated with the LeT, was neutralised in a joint early morning operation of the police, the Army and the CRPF in Chotigam area of Shopian.
“During the search operation, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party. In the ensuing encounter, the terrorist was killed and his body was retrieved from the encounter site,” the police said.
