<p>Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant, believed to be involved in the attack on the family of a fruit merchant last week, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Police said Asif Maqbool Bhat affiliated with the LeT was killed following a brief shootout in Sopore, 52 kms from here. </p>.<p>“Based on specific inputs, we set up checkpoints to track and block Asif. We intercepted him and he attacked us. He threw a grenade. A few police personnel were injured but they are out of danger,” J&K police chief Dilbag Singh told reporters in Srinagar.</p>.<p>According to the police, Bhat was responsible for a recent shootout in which three members of a fruit trader’s family and a 30-month-old girl were injured. Police said he was also responsible for the shooting of a migrant labourer named Shafi Aaalm in Sopore.</p>.<p>The police chief said that militants were distributing posters in south Kashmir asking people to observe shutdown."There have also been incidents reported where terrorists manhandled people,” he said.</p>.<p>The latest encounter came two days after police claimed to have arrested eight militants affiliated with the LeT in Sopore.</p>.<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sopore, Javaid Iqbal said the militants had hatched a conspiracy to print posters threatening locals against venturing out of their homes, either for trade, travel, schools or offices.</p>
<p>Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant, believed to be involved in the attack on the family of a fruit merchant last week, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Police said Asif Maqbool Bhat affiliated with the LeT was killed following a brief shootout in Sopore, 52 kms from here. </p>.<p>“Based on specific inputs, we set up checkpoints to track and block Asif. We intercepted him and he attacked us. He threw a grenade. A few police personnel were injured but they are out of danger,” J&K police chief Dilbag Singh told reporters in Srinagar.</p>.<p>According to the police, Bhat was responsible for a recent shootout in which three members of a fruit trader’s family and a 30-month-old girl were injured. Police said he was also responsible for the shooting of a migrant labourer named Shafi Aaalm in Sopore.</p>.<p>The police chief said that militants were distributing posters in south Kashmir asking people to observe shutdown."There have also been incidents reported where terrorists manhandled people,” he said.</p>.<p>The latest encounter came two days after police claimed to have arrested eight militants affiliated with the LeT in Sopore.</p>.<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sopore, Javaid Iqbal said the militants had hatched a conspiracy to print posters threatening locals against venturing out of their homes, either for trade, travel, schools or offices.</p>