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LeT terrorist involved in Poonch beheadings killed
May 24, 2017
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Lashker-e-Tayyaba terrorist is believed to have been killed in a
retaliatory action by the Indian Army after Pakistani troops beheaded
two security personnel after crossing the Line of Control in
Poonch district earlier this month, an Army official said on Tuesday.
Abu
Ali Sheraj alias Ibini Abul Majid, who hailed from main road Biddersher
in Bahawalpur in Pakistan, was a member of Pakistan's Border Action
Team (BAT) which struck in Krishna Ghati sector on May 1, the official
said.
Under the cover of heavy mortar fire, a BAT team ofPakistan sneaked
250 metres across the LoC and beheaded two Indian security personnel on
May 1.
Sheraj was probably killed in the retaliatory action bythe Indian
Army after the beheading incident, the officialtold PTI, quoting
intelligence inputs from Pakistan.
The official said his body could not
be recovered because a search could not be conducted in the area in view
of heavy shelling.
Citing intelligence inputs from Pakistan, the
officialsaid the terrorist's body was possibly not retrieved by
the Pakistani side too as his last rites were performed in absentia on May
16.
'Gayabana Namaz-e-Jinaza' (last rites in absentia) washeld at his
home in Bahawalpur and it was attended by LeT chief Hafiz Saeed's
brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki, himself a top LeT terrorist, along
with some other Lasher commanders participated on May 16, the official
said. -- PTI
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