Jammu: The gritty residents of Tukson Dhok village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday overpowered two most-wanted terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), sources said. Both the terrorists reached the village to take shelter there because of pressure from the security forces.
They have been identified as Talib Hussain of Rajouri and Faisal Ahmed Dar of Pulwama. Two AK rifles, seven grenades, a pistol and a huge quantity of ammunition was recovered from their possession.
As soon as the residents came to know that two terrorists entered their village for shelter, they got ready and surrounded both of them from all sides without bothering about their own lives. The terrorists tried to use their weapons but they failed. Meanwhile, the villagers caught hold of the terrorists and handed them over to the police.
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Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha applauded the villagers for their courage. He said that with this kind of determination shown by the villagers, the end days of terrorism is not far in the Union territory. He also announced a cash reward of Rs 5,00,000 for the villagers.
According to reports, the Rajouri police had very recently recovered a large number of IEDs and had busted a module of LeT in which two terrorists of the outfit were arrested and Talib Hussain was declared as an absconder and a reward was announced on him. Talib Hussain was in constant touch with LeT terrorist Qasim based in Pakistan and was involved in at least three cases of IED blasts in Rajouri district besides civilian killings and grenade blasts.
