LeT militant involved in murder of Kashmiri army officer killed

Srinagar Sep 2 (IANS) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant involved in the abduction and murder of Kashmiri army officer Ummer Fayaz in May this year was killed by security forces on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir s Kulgam district police said.

Police said the LeT militant a local was identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Padder. He was killed in a brief operation involving the Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of the state police.

"Padder was involved in the murder of Army officer Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz in May " the police said.

The 22-year-old unarmed officer on leave to visit his home in Kulgam was kidnapped by militants while attending his cousin s wedding in Batapura village on May 9.

His bullet-riddled body was found the next day in Shopian district.

--IANS
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