| Reports from the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir have indicated that the security forces shot dead seven terrorists, including a ‘district commander’, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit during an encounter at Andrawali dhok under the jurisdiction of Mandi police station on February 20. At least three terrorists are reported to have escaped from the incident site. According to official sources, three cadres of the Al Badr Mujahideen were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Hassanpora village in the Anantnag district. A spokesperson of the Al Badr told the local news agency CNS over telephone that the outfit’s ‘district commander’ for Anantnag, identified as Ashfaq Rehmani, was killed in the incident. Meanwhile, the charred dead body of a civilian was recovered from Kokernag in the Anantnag district. According to sources, he had been abducted by unidentified terrorists from his residence two days ago and subsequently burnt to death. Separately, terrorists shot dead a civilian and injured another in the Handwara area of Kupwara district. |