more-inA manhunt was launched on Friday after a youth decamped with a rifle from the Budgam encounter site, where three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed on Thursday. Meanwhile, one Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) over-ground worker was held in north Kashmir. A police official said the security agencies suspected that a local youth from Pulwama took the assault rifle of one of the slain militants and fled the spot. “We suspect that an AK-47 rifle was lifted from the debris,” said the police. The police said they had arrested a “hardcore” over-ground worker of the LeT in north Kashmir.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 16:41 UTC