J&K: 2 Lashkar commanders trapped during gunfight with security forces in Pulwama

Pulwama: Two top commanders from The Resistance Front, an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, were trapped in a home they used as a hideout during a gunfight with security forces in  Pulwama district on Monday.

The gunbattle began after security forces received inputs about a terror hideout in the Nehama area in Pulwama. When the security forces and the police launched a cordon and search operation, the terrorists fired upon them, triggering the gunfight.

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The terrorists, Rayees Ahmad and Reyaz Ahmad Dar, are both residents of the Pulwama district in south Kashmir. Visuals showed the house where the terrorists were hiding on fire and smoke billowing into the sky.

Further investigation is going on. (with Agency inputs)
 

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