Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, one of them involved in the targeted killing of a bank manager from Rajasthan, were killed in an overnight encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Wednesday.
“One of the killed terrorists has been identified as Jan Mohd Lone of Shopian. Besides other terror crimes, he was involved in the recent killing of Vijay Kumar, a bank manager, on May 2, 2022 in Kulgam district,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said.
Kumar, a bank manager from Rajasthan who was posted at the Elaqahi Dehati Bank in the Valley, was shot dead inside his cabin by a gunman in a targeted attack. The incident, where the gunman takes aim from a close range, was captured by the bank’s CCTV camera.
