Srinagar: The Army said on Friday it shot dead a member of a Pakistan-based militant group accused of masterminding bombings in Delhi last year that killed more than 60 people.
Army spokesman Lt Col A K Mathur said security forces gunned down Ali Baba alias Abu Huzefa, deputy commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an operation at Kreeri in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, 40 km from Srinagar.
"On specific information provided by locals about the presence of Ali Baba in fields in Kreeri, troops of Rashtriya Rifles launched an operation when the militant was trapped in a gorge and engaged in a gunfight before being gunned down," Mathur said.
"He (Ali Baba) was a resident of Sindh, Pakistan, and was active in Pattan Sopore area for the past two years. He was the mastermind of the bomb blasts which took place in Delhi in October 2005," said a press statement from the Army. Arms, ammunition and documents were recovered from the terrorist.
Three bombs exploded on busy Delhi streets and markets days before Diwali.
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