At nearly midnight on Monday security officials were given clear and reliable information on the whereabouts of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Abu Dujana. A trusted source informed them that Dujana was holed up inside a house in Pulwama district, reported news agency PTI. Crack teams of the Special Operations Group (SOG) were immediately mobilised and sent towards Hakripura, which is a bastion for LeT militants near Pulwama.
The dramatic events that ensued led to the killing of Dujana, whose real name is unknown, on Tuesday morning. The Pakistani has evaded security forces on more than 12 occassions.
Based on the the tip-off, Deputy Inspector General (South Kashmir) Swayam Prakash Pani personally supervised the operations, both in cornering the militants and evacuating civilians from the village. Despite facing incidents of stone-pelting, the Pulwama district police along with the SOG, army personnel from Victor Force and 182-182 battalion of the CRPF constructed a cordon in the area, isolating the region where the operations were on, officials told PTI.
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