Terrorist involved in killing of Lt Fayaz gunned down

A Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist, involved in the killing of Lt Umar Fayaz in May, was on Saturday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, a police official said.

A joint team of the police and Army laid a trap for Ishfaq Ahmad Padder in Tantray Pora village.

The terrorist was shot dead after he opened fire while trying to escape, the spokesman said.

The spokesman said Padder was involved in the brutal killing of 22-year-old Lt Fayaz in Shopian.

The newly-commissioned officer was abducted and killed by LeT terrorists in May, when he was attending a wedding of a relative.

Padder was also involved in robberies at the J-K Bank and Ellaquai Dehati Bank, besides a firing incident at the Yaripora police station, he said.

One AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 42 rounds and a pouch was seized from the gunned down terrorist.