Identified as wanted Saleem Parray & other foreigner
Srinagar, Jan 03: Two terrorists including the top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander were killed in two separate brief shootouts at Shalimar area of Srinagar on Monday, police said.
The slain LeT commander was identified as Muhammad Saleem Parray of Bandipora, who was active since 2016 while another was identified as a foreign terrorist.
Talking to reporters, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar said that two militants were cornered in Shalimar area of Srinagar. “They opened fire at the forces and initially one militant Saleem Parray was killed in a retaliatory action,” Kumar said.
IGP said that the killing of Parray is a big success for police as he was involved in dozens of killings. “In 2016 agitation, Saleem Parray, linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT, had killed 12 civilians by slitting their throats,” he said. He said Parray's aide was killed in Gusu area and he was identified as a foreign militant. “Two militants were killed in two successive operations in Shalimar,” the IGP said.
With the killing of one of the longest surviving and most wanted terrorist of Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) Saleem Parray, the Hajin tehsil in Bandipora district is now without any local surviving militant, claimed Police.
