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Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim killed in encounter

| | Oct 29, 2015, at 03:37 pm
Srinagar, Oct 29 (IBNS) The alleged mastermind of the Udhampur attack in Kashmir, top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Qasim was killed in an overnight encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Thursday, said media reports quoting police.

Qasim, a Pakistani terrorist, whose planned attack on August 5 in Udhampur, earlier this year had claimed the lives of two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, was hunted down by a joint team of the Army and  the police, who launched an operation in the Khandipora Villiage of the district following a tip-off.

Qasim, who carried a 20 lakh INR bounty on his head was allegedly involved in multiple attacks and is also believed to have killed Altaf Ahmad, a renowned counter-terrorism police officer in Jammu and Kashmir.
 

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