Srinagar, March 23 -- The police on Saturday demolished "illicit" structure in South Kashmir's Anantnag district which was linked to a Lashkar handler based in Pakistan.

Police described this demolition as a decisive operation which was done in coordination with district administration. Police spokesman said that along with officials of district administration, an illegally constructed house and plinth was demolished at Rekha Hassanpora in Anantnag.

"The structure was erected on encroached state land and the property belonged to Haroon Rashid Ganie, a known terrorist handler associated with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT)," the spokesman said, adding that Ganie is operating from Pakistan since 2018 and has been implicate...