KNZ NEWS DESK
Srinagar, May 3: Top Lashkar-e Taiba commander Haider from Pakistan has been killed in Handwara encounter in Jammu and Kashmir, IG Kashmir Vijay Kumar was quoted by ANI. On Sunday, four Indian Army personnel including the Commanding Officer, Major of 21 Rashtriya Rifles unit along with 2 soldiers and one Jammu and Kashmir Police jawan lost their lives in
an encounter in Handwara. Two terrorists were neutralised in the encounter.
Army officials informed that the name of the 21 Rashtriya Rifles Commanding Officer, who lost his life in the Handwara operation, is Colonel Ashutosh Sharma.
Officials informed that the team of 21 Rashtriya Rifles had entered the house of a civilian to prevent a hostage situation when they came under attack from the terrorists who had already reached there. While the four Army personnel and the police Sub Inspector lost their lives in the encounter, the civilians trapped in the house were safely evacuated.
