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J&K: LeT terrorist involved in murder of Lt Ummer Fayaz killed by security forces

LeT terrorist Ishfaq Ahmad Padder was killed in a brief operation involving the Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of the state police.

PTI Reported by: PTI Srinagar Updated on: September 02, 2017 20:32 IST
Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz
Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz

A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, involved in the killing of Lt Umar Fayaz in May, was today gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, a police official said. 

A joint team of the police and Army laid a trap for Ishfaq Ahmad Padder in Tantray Pora village. The militant was shot dead after he opened fire while trying to escape, the spokesman said. 

The spokesman said Padder was involved in the brutal killing of 22-year-old Lt Fayaz in Shopian. The newly-commissioned officer was abducted and killed by LeT militants in May, when he was attending a wedding of a relative.

Padder was also involved in robberies at the J&K Bank and Ellaquai Dehati Bank, besides a firing incident at the Yaripora police station, he said. 

One AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 42 rounds and a pouch was seized from the slain militant.

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