A dreaded Lashskar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) commander, directly responsible for three major terror attacks in which at least 21 security personnel were killed in action, was one among the two terrorists neutralised by the joint team of security forces in village Samboora of Awantipora area in South Kashmir's Pulwama district late Sunday night.
After the gunfight ended late sunday night, the security forces maintained the tight cordon and retrieved the dead bodies from the encounter site Monday morning. During the operation, the dreaded terrorists had attempted to escape and had even shifted their location repeatedly but were tracked down by the joint team of security forces and neutralised.
Addressing a press conference in Awantipora District police lines, Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh, flanked by senior army and CRPF officers said, the gunfight that took place at Samboora, Pampore was a successful operation and security forces achieved “big success” by killing one of the longest surviving terrorist commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit and his close aide. Singh said the LeT terrorists have been identified as Aijaz Ahmad Reshi and Sajad Ahmad Sofi. "They were both residents of Awantipora",he added.
DGP said, Aijaz Reshi was operational commander of LeT and was active alongside Burhan Wani, poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen. Reshi was working as Over Ground Worker (OGW) in 2015 and joined LeT before Burhan Wani,” the DGP told reporters.
