Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- Srinagar- A top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the higher reaches of Budgam district, officials said on Wednesday.

The slain terrorist was identified as Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, who also operated under the aliases Sulaiman Shah and Fauji. Officials said he was a retired havildar of the Pakistan Army's elite Special Services Group (SSG) and had served in the security detail of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf.

Asif was killed during a joint operation launched by the Army and other security forces in the higher reaches of Korag, Yousmarg, on Tuesday.

The Army's Chinar Corps said troops observed suspicious movement in the area and, ...