New Delhi, March 17 -- Abu Qatal alias Qatal Sindhi, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and close aide of Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated attacks on civilians and security forces in Jammu region for past couple of years, was killed by unidentified shooters on Saturday night in Jhelum district of Pakistan's Punjab province, according to two highly placed officials in the Indian intelligence establishment.

Wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Qatal was active since 2002-03 and was key to LeT's operations in J&K for the past couple of years. Some reports suggested that Hafiz Saeed was injured in the shooting, but HT could not independently verify that. Information gathered by Indian agencies said Qatal, 43, was shot dead by u...