Security forces shot dead a top-ranking militant of lashkar-e-Tayyeba (leT) in a brief encounter at Kakpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Irshad Ahmad Ganai was ranked among the most-wanted militants in Kashmir and carried a cash reward after he killed eight Army personnel in a sensational attack on a convoy at Hyderpora in Srinagar two years ago. It was widely believed that Ganai was the pillion rider attacker shooting from his AK-47 Rifle. This