<p>A senior leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit was arrested Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>LeT district commander Naveed Jat alias Abu Hanzullah, a Pakistani militant, was arrested in a joint operation by police, Rashtriya Rifles as well as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a police officer told IANS here. <br /><br />Acting on a tip off, security forces cordoned off Shampora village and apprehended Naveed Jat, son of Muhammad Hanief Jat, a resident of Sahiwala in Multan district of Pakistan, he said.<br /><br />Naveed Jat, the self-styled district commander of LeT in Shopian and a close associate of LeT chief Abu Qasim, was operating in the area for two years and was involved in the killing of two policemen in Pulwama.<br /><br />He was also involved in the recent firing on a police party in Shopian in which five police personnel were injured, the officer added.<br /><br />An AK-47 rifle, two AK-47 magazines and 60 AK-47 rounds were recovered from his possession.</p>
<p>A senior leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit was arrested Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>LeT district commander Naveed Jat alias Abu Hanzullah, a Pakistani militant, was arrested in a joint operation by police, Rashtriya Rifles as well as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a police officer told IANS here. <br /><br />Acting on a tip off, security forces cordoned off Shampora village and apprehended Naveed Jat, son of Muhammad Hanief Jat, a resident of Sahiwala in Multan district of Pakistan, he said.<br /><br />Naveed Jat, the self-styled district commander of LeT in Shopian and a close associate of LeT chief Abu Qasim, was operating in the area for two years and was involved in the killing of two policemen in Pulwama.<br /><br />He was also involved in the recent firing on a police party in Shopian in which five police personnel were injured, the officer added.<br /><br />An AK-47 rifle, two AK-47 magazines and 60 AK-47 rounds were recovered from his possession.</p>