Jammu, Mar 11: The terrorist, who was killed by army at the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district during a failed infiltration attempt yesterday, has been identified as a launching operative of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, officials said on Wednesday.

According to army, a terrorist was killed along the LoC in Jhangar area in Nowshera sector of Rajouri yesterday after troops foiled an infiltration bid. His associate managed to sneak back across the LoC.
“Based on the documents and intelligence inputs, the deceased has been identified as Hamza Yousaf, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Yousaf was a senior operative of LeT’s launchpad module assigned to facilitate the infiltration of armed terrorists into the Indian side,” sources said.
They described his killing as a major setback for the LeT.
“A huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including an AK-56 rifle with two magazines, two pistols with four magazines, 58 rounds, three hand grenades, one mobile set, two SIM cards and some Pakistani currency were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorist,” sources said.
This was the second infiltration bid foiled by the army in the Rajouri sector this month.
On March 4, troops opened fire on infiltrating terrorists in the Turkandi area, forcing them to retreat