JAMMU, Oct 10: The two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who were slain in a gunfight with the security forces at Alshipora in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, have been identified, said officials on Tuesday, adding that one of them was involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit.
The Army said that on the receipt of intelligence inputs from agencies about the presence of two unidentified terrorists in the general area village Alishahpur, Shopian, a joint search operation was launched by the Army and Jammu & Kashmir Police on intervening night of October 9-10.“The area was cordoned by the security forces to carry out a search. At around 01:00 a.m. the terrorists opened fire on the security forces which resulted in a fire fight. Two terrorists were neutralised during the operations,” the Army said.The slain terrorists have been identified as Morifat Maqbool and Jazim Farooq, both from LeT. It has also been learned from police sources that Jazim Farooq alias Abrar was involved in the killing of Late Mr Sanjay Sharma, a Kashmiri Pandit in Pulwama this year. (IANS)
