J&K LeT commander among 3 terrorists killed in J&K encounters

Usman Lashkari, identified by the police as a commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, was killed during an early morning encounter in the Khanyar area of Srinagar.

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Inspector General of J&K Police (Kashmir Zone) was quoted as telling that four security personnel, comprising two from the J&K Police and two from the CRPF, were injured in the day-long encounter.

The police stated that Usman, the foreign militant killed in the encounter, had been active in Srinagar for the past few months. According to the police, he was connected to the murder of Inspector Masroor Wani, who was shot dead on October 29 last year while playing cricket in the Eidgah area of Srinagar.

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Earlier in the day, the Jammu and Kashmir police issued a statement saying, “A cordon and search operation in Khanyar has led to an exchange of fire. Police and security forces are on the job.”

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In a separate encounter in Anantnag district, South Kashmir, two terrorists were killed, according to officials. One of the deceased was a foreigner, while the other was a local.

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A series of terrorist attacks in the valley has been on the rise as two migrant workers from UP were wounded in a suspected terrorist strike on a Jal Jeevan Mission project site at Mazhama in central Kashmir's Budgam district, making this the sixth targeted attack on non-natives in J&K this year and the third after the new govt headed by Omar Abdullah assumed office on Oct 16.

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The Army said on the evening of November 1 that suspicious movement was detected in the Panar area of Bandipora. When challenged, the terrorists responded with indiscriminate fire before fleeing into the jungle.

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Meanwhile, NC chief Farooq Abdullah, whose government was sworn in recently, sought inquiry into spike in terror attacks in Valley since Omar's swearing-in. "Violence is taking place. There should be an investigation into it. Those involved should be arrested alive. We will get to know who is doing it because there are attempts to defame us,"