KUPWARA: In a major breakthrough, the security forces have arrested a top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit in Kashmir's Kupwara district.

LeT commander, Abu Ukasha alias Hanzullah, was arrested in Sogam town market on specific information while he was making some purchases there around 7 p.m.

After Ukasha's arrest, a gunfight between militants and security forces broke out late Monday evening in Kupwara district .

A senior police officer said that the gunfight started some distance away from Sogam market of Kupwara after Ukasha's arrest.



(with inputs from IANS)