Srinagar, April 16 : A Tangdar resident, who is believed to have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in 1990 and later became a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist commander, was killed in a road accident, sources said.
Top sources told Kashmir Despatch that Mohammad Altaf Minhas, also known as Mohammad Ashfaq, a prominent commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba and member of Pasbaan-e-Hurriyat, died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
He succumbed to critical injuries sustained in an accident in Tariqabad sources added.
Originally hailing from Tangdar in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Minhas allegedly crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in 1990, where he received training at Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) camps.
(With inputs from KDC News Agency )
