The Army today claimed to have eliminated the deputy chief and divisional commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Hapatnar in Ganderbal area of Srinagar district. Also, an area commander of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) was killed in a feud between Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants and foreign mercenaries in Dool area of Doda district. In the same district, two militants were eliminated when security forces opened retaliatory fire. An Army spokesperson said that reacting to information provided by local contacts, troops of the Rashtriya Rifles carried out a swift operation at Hapatnar Chont Wali War in Ganderbal area early today morning. The spokesperson said the troops asked the militants to lay down their arms. They retaliated, resulting in an encounter which lasted for a couple of hours with two foreign militants being killed. The slain militants, according to the spokesperson, were later identified as Abu Abdullah alias Saddam alias Muslim, divisional commander of the Lashkar, and Abu Hataf, alias M2 alias Lala, the deputy and financial chief of the same outfit.
| I'm glad he's dead. I wanted to use the alias "Lala" and I was really cheesed to find it was already taken... |