Srinagar: A top commander of Lasker-e-Taiba militant outfit Nadeem Abrar along with his Pakistani associate were killed in a military operation in Melhoora area of Srinagar, police said on Tuesday.
“There was a specific input about (militants) carrying an attack on the highway. Keeping in view the seriousness of the input few joint nakas of JKP and CRPF were place along the highway. On Parimpora Naka a vehicle was stopped and their identity was asked.” The person sitting at the back seat tried to open his bag and took out a grenade, the police statement said.
“The Naka party swiftly swung into action and grabbed the person sitting at the back seat. Both the driver and the person sitting at the back seat were taken into the police station where after taking off his mask it was identified that he was terrorist Abrar a top LeT Commander.” He was put to joint interrogation by JKP, CRPF and Army.
One Pistol and hand grenades were recovered from his possession, police said. “On sustained interrogation by the joint teams of JKP, CRPF & Army he disclosed that he had kept his AK-47 rifle in a house located at Maloora,” police said, adding, “Thereafter he was taken to that house to recover the weapon after laying proper cordon of suspected house.”
When the party was entering the house to recover the alleged weapon, one of his associates, a Pakistani militant “(about whom he didn’t disclose anything) hiding inside the house fired on the party.”
In the initial firefight 3 CRPF personnel got injured and the Abrar accompanying the search party got hit, the police said.
“The injured SF personnel were evacuated and the rest of the party took position and called for reinforcement. The cordon of target house was strengthened by the component of JKP, CRPF & Army and the fire was further retaliated.”
In the ensuing operation, the foreign militant who fired from inside the house “got neutralized and Abrar also got killed.” Two AK-47 rifles along with ammunition were recovered from the site.
“It is pertinent to mention that Abrar was involved in several killings of SFs along with other (militants),” the statement added.
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