Self-styled district commander Abdul Rahman alias Rehman Bhai, a Pakistani, and a local militant Moin Ahmed Mir were killed at Nikloora-Aglar village, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Kuldeep Khoda told reporters here.
Police launched a search operation in the village following a tip off. During the searches, the militants fired from the house of one Haji Mohd Ismail Mantoo on the security men. In the fight, the two LET militants were killed, he said.
Khoda said Rehman was involved in the November 23 blasts in Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow courts in which 13 people, including four lawyers, were killed.
Investigations also revealed that Rehman was closely associated with LeT cadres not only in the valley but outside the state.
Rehman’s involvement has been found in several other blasts. He and associate Abu Atif were instrumental not only in supplying in arms and ammunition to the militants in UP but also helped in spreading the network there, Khoda said.
