A day after his arrest, top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Nadeem Abrar and a Pakistani national were killed in an encounter in Parimpora area of Srinagar, police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, Abrar, who was involved in many killings, was arrested during checking of vehicles at Parimpora on Monday and put on sustained interrogation.
The LeT commander disclosed the location where he had kept his AK-47 rifle in Maloora locality, a police spokesman said.
Abrar was taken to the house to recover the weapon, where a hiding Pakistani terrorist fired at the force. In the gunbattle both Abrar and the Pakistani terrorist were killed. 3 CRPF personnel were also injured in the gunfight, police said.
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