TIL Desk/National/Jammu/ A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist, Waseem Shah, believed to be the main architect of unrest last year in south Kashmir, was killed along with his accomplice in an encounter early Saturday morning by the security forces in Pulwama district, the police said.
Shah, 23, also known as ‘Abu Osama Bhai’ was killed at Litter area in Pulwama, a place considered to be a safe haven for insurgents. This is the first counter-insurgency operation in Litter area in four years. The Jammu and Kashmir police has been tracking the movements of Shah, who is considered as the ‘don of Heff’, another traditional stronghold of militants in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
He was found at a hideout at Litter and the police and its special operation group team cordoned off the area, the police said. Shah along with his bodyguard Nisar Ahmed Mir made an attempt to flee the area but could not penetrate the cordon which had been strengthened by the presence of the CRPF and Army, they said.
