[TimesOfIndia] SRINAGAR: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Wasim Shah, believed to be the main architect of the unrest last year in south Kashmir, was gunned down along with his accomplice by security forces in an encounter early this morning in Pulwama district, police said.
Shah, 23, also known as "Abu Osama Bhai and Wasim Lefty" was killed at Litter area in Pulwama, a place considered to be a safe haven for terrorists. This is the first counter-insurgency operation in Litter area in four years.
Jammu and Kashmir police had been tracking the movements of Shah, who is considered as the "don" of Heff, another stronghold of terrorists in South Kashmir's Shopian district.
After information that he was at his hideout at Litter, police and its special operation group team cordoned off the area, police said.
Shah along with his bodyguard Nisar Ahmed Mir made an attempt to flee but could not penetrate the cordon which had been strengthened by the presence of the CRPF and Army, they said.
Shah is the gent circled in red in this photo
The only one left alive from this photo is Saddam Paddar. He has his arm, with Casio watch, around another jihadi Nasser Pandit.
In front row, left to right... Afaqullah, Samar Bhat, Anees. Behind are Nasser Pandit, Saddam Paddar, the infamous Burhan Wani, Waseem Malia, and Ishfaq Hameed. Last row is Adil Khandir, Waseem Shah and Tariq Pandit.
All except Saddam Paddar have been killed by Kashmiri Police or Indian Army. 
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