Top Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Bashir Lashkari and his associate, who were behind the recent killing of six policemen, were today gunned down by the security forces in south Kashmir in a fierce encounter which also left dead two civilians, including a woman. The security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Brenti-Batpora in Anantnag early this morning after receiving information about the presence of militants, including Lashkari, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire on security forces. For some time, the militants used 17 civilians as a human shield inside a house but the security forces managed to rescue them before launching the final assault against the ultras, the police spokesperson said. Two militants have been killed," Director General of Police S P Vaid told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 01, 2017 13:30 UTC