LeT terrorist carrying Rs 5 lakh reward arrested in J&K’s Doda

JAMMU: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested during an anti-insurgency operation in Thathri area of J&K’s Doda district on Tuesday. A native of Kishtwar district, Jamal Din Gujjar was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
Based on intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in Thathri’s Phagsoo forest area, a joint team of Doda district police and Army’s 26RR launched a cordon-and-search operation in the region.
“During the search, LeT terrorist Jamal Din Gujjar — who had been operating in Kishtwar since last year — was arrested,” said a police spokesperson. Security forces also recovered one AK rifle, one AK magazine, a pouch and other eatables from him.
“Jamal Din was earlier injured in an encounter in Kishtwar’s Sarawan forest area on June 21-22 but somehow managed to escape. Since then, he had been holed-up in Thathri area,” the spokesperson added.