Govt trying to verify reports of Ilyas Kashmiri's killing

New Delhi, Jun 4 (PTI) The Indian government Saturday
said it was trying to verify reports which suggested that top
al-Qaeda linked militant, Ilyas Kashmiri, a key planner behind
the Mumbai terror attack, was killed in a targeted US drone
strike in Pakistan.
"We are aware of media reports, especially BBC Urdu
service. But we are trying to verify it," U K Bansal,
Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs
told reporters here.
Bansal said Iliyas Kashmiri was a key conspirator in the
26/11 Mumbai attacks and wanted in India for his role in
the terror act, which claimed 166 lives.
"Therefore, he is wanted in criminal conspiracy. His
prime agenda is to harm India," he said.
47-year-old Kashmiri, a former Pakistani army commando,
on whose head the US had put a price of USD five million, was
killed when a predator drone fired four missiles late last
night at a compound in Ghwakhwa area of South Waziristan.
His outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami confirmed his death
in faxed messages to TV channels in Islamabad.
BBC Urdu service broke the news first.