LeT terrorist involved in Poonch beheadings killed
May 24, 2017  00:09
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A 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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