LeT commander, aide killed in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: J&K Police gunned down two LeT terrorists, including one of its commanders, in an encounter in Srinagar on Monday.
The terrorists were hiding among boys who were playing cricket at Aloochi Bagh, IG (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said. On receiving information, 10 policemen rushed to the field and cordoned it. They asked them to surrender but the terrorists opened fire. Police retaliated and shot them down, he said.
The slain terrorists included Abbas Sheikh of Kulgam and Saqib Manzoor, who hailed from Old Barazulla. The latter had killed two cops at Anantang in February this year. As per officials, Sheikh was the mastermind behind most of the killings undertaken by LeT in past one year.
Manzoor, a post graduate student when he joined LeT last year, quickly rose through the ranks as he was believed to have executed some of the killings in and around Srinagar at Sheikh's behest"Top commander of proscribed terror outfit LeT/TRF Abbas Sheikh and his 2IC Saqib Manzoor killed. A big success," Kumar tweeted.
Meanwhile, a CRPF personnel was injured after militants hurled a grenade on a bunker of paramilitary force in Srinagar on Monday.
(With inputs from agencies)