Cops gun down LeT terrorist, girfriend after trailing the girl

Jammu, April, 18 - Two militants, including a self-styled commander of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit , and a lady associate were killed by Police and Security Forces in the mountainous district of Doda on Saturday

Police spokesman said that after developing information, Doda Police and Special Striking Reserve in  association with 8 RR launched a joint search operation in Baggla area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Doda   . The troops asked the hiding terrorists to surrender who instead opened fire which triggered gunfight resulting in killing of two dreaded militantsand serious injuries to their lady associate. She was rushed to District Hospital Doda where she succumbed to her injuries .The  slain terrorist were identified  as Nissar Ahmed Malik alias Shabaz,  r/o Bharat a self-styled battalion commander of LeT, and Rafiq Gujjar alias Kuber r/o Keshwan, while as the lady associate has been identified as  Zahida Bano d/o Ab. Samad (21 years) .
 
Two AK-47 rifles, which were taken away by a deserter jawan of 159 Territorial (H&H) battalion Zaffarullah Parrey on March 8 , 2009 , were recovered from the site of encounter. Moreover, 3 Magazine of AK 47 , one Pouch , one HE-36 Grenade and one Mobile charger were also  recovered from the possession of slain terrorists.

The killing of these terrorists is a great success to the Police forces and security forces, as it will give a severe blow to the outfit in the area.

The whole operation was carried out jointly by the Police and Army.

JAMMU/SRINAGAR: A date went horribly wrong for a Lashkar terrorist. He paid the ultimate price for his love when he was gunned down along with

his girlfriend and an accomplice at Dori Bhagla in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Saturday.

Doda DIG H K Lohia said the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Nissar Ahmed, had slipped through the police net more than once in the past and that his girlfriend Zahida Bano (20) proved crucial in tracking him down. "Nissar, one of the most wanted terrorists in the district, was proving very elusive for us till we stumbled upon his affair with Zahida," he said. He said as soon as police came to know about the affair, sleuths were hot on her trail.

Zahida was kept under watch for 10 days. "We closed in on Nissar when we discovered Zahida was to meet him," Lohia said. A team of security personnel followed Zahida to Nissar's hideout. "Nissar and Mohammed Rafiq Nazni, another terrorist accompanying him, were asked to surrender. When they didn't, security forces fired at them," Lohia said. He said Nissar and Nazni were killed while Zahida was critically injured. "Zahida, who had been working for the LeT as an over ground worker (OGW), later died in a local hospital.