NEW DELHI: One Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was gunned down in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Samboora village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, police said.The identity of the terrorist is yet to be confirmed.According to police, at least two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, Ayoub Lelhari from Lelhar Pulwama and Rehman, were holed up at the encounter site. "Acting on a tip-off about presence of terrorists in Samboora village, a joint cordon and search operations(CASO) was launched by 50 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of Indian Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of state police," a senior police official said. "As the cordon was being laid, the hiding terrorists fired upon the soldiers," he said.Following the gunfight, the authorities have blocked the internet services in Pulwama as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

Source: Times of India August 06, 2017 17:55 UTC