Reasi (J-K):Security personnel have gunned down two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including a self-styled commander after a fierce encounter here on Wednesday. Acting on a
tip off, security personnel cordoned off the area around a house in the Kalwa
forest area of the district where the militants were hiding. "We received pinpoint
information that they were hiding in someone's house. And one among them was a
local militant, who was operating in our area from last one month and also belonged
to LeT. So as soon as we got the information we cordoned the nearby area," said
Surinder Chaudhary, Deputy Superintendent of Police. The slain militants were
later identified as Rafiq alias Noman, the lashkar's district commander and his
accomplice Jabrar. One AK-47, two magazines, three hand grenades, one satellite
phone and a radio set were recovered from the encounter site.
