Srinagar Oct 20: Police on Wednesday said that the district commander of the LeT for Kulgam and his associate were killed in a brief shootout in the south Kashmir district.
Police and Army #neutralised LeT district commander (Gulzar Ahmd Reshi) of Kulgam and one other, who were involved in #killings of two poor labourers from Bihar on 17/10/21 at Wanpoh: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 20, 2021
Police identified the slain LeT commander as Gulzar Ahmd Reshi, a local from Kulgam saying he was involved in the killings of two non-local laborers at Wanpoh on October 17.
“Police and Army neutralised LeT district commander (Gulzar Ahmd Reshi) of Kulgam and one other, who were involved in killings of two poor labourers from Bihar on 17/10/21 at Wanpoh, ” IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said in a tweet.
News agency GNS while quoting a senior police officer reported that the LeT commander and his associate were killed in a brief encounter at Sopat area of the south Kashmir district by a joint team of police and Army.