Top LeT commander Lalli killed in an encounter
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ April 25,2025
Security forces got success when top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Altaf Lalli killed in an encounter in Bandipora in J&K.
It is the first major success for the Indian security forces which has launched an operation to eliminate the terrorists after recent Pahalgam massacre
The operation is part of a wider security crackdown to track down LeT terrorists suspected to be involved in the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 tourists’ lives.
On Friday morning, acting on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists, a joint search operation was launched by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Bandipora.
In another incident, the houses of two LeT terrorists allegedly involved in the Pahalgam attack were destroyed in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night in a blast. The blast occurred when the officials were conducting searches inside the houses of two LeT terrorists Adil Hussain Thokar and Asif Sheikh.
Meanwhile, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi arrived in Srinagar, where he was briefed on the ongoing operation in Bandipora. He is scheduled to conduct a comprehensive security review of the situation and assess the progress of the operation aimed at tracking down LeT terrorists suspected to be behind the Pahalgam terror attack.
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