Srinagar: Government forces on Tuesday claimed to have killed a top LeT militant Babar Ali, in a gunfight in Chandaji area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district today.
Report quoted Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar saying that the slain militant was part of same group who were killed on 24th July in Shokbaba forest.
The slain militant has been identified as Babar Ali of Ugada district of Punjab, Pakistan. After his escape in Shokbaba Gunfight, he was being continously tracked and was engaged today, IGP added.
It’s pertinent to mention that three LeT militants including Sariq Altaf Baba of Bandipora who ex-filtrated in 2018 were killed in a gunfight on 24th July in Bandipora.