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A 28-year-old man believed to be key member of the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba was shot dead in Punjab province of Pakistan on Friday. Punjab police however claimed that he had no links with the LeT.

The murder incident took place at Kot Radha Kishan, Kasur district of Punjab, 60 km from Lahore. According to senior police officer Essa Khan, Sheikh Muaz Mujahid received bullet injuries during a crossfire between two rival groups in Kot Radha Kishan.

Pakistan Police denies link 

"The gunmen of two rival groups -- Rehan and Faizan -- exchanged fire. Mujahid was among the other people present when the firing began. Bullets hit Mujahid, who died on the spot," he said and denied that the deceased was a member of the banned LeT. Notably, this was not the first time when police denied links with any terror member.

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Police registered a case under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code against over 20 suspects of the rival groups on the complaint of the victim's father. The deceased had a sports shop and recently got married. He was also reportedly a Lashkar-e-Taiba activist.

LASHKAR-E-TAIBA

Lashkar-e-Taiba, or the "army of the pure", is based in Pakistan's most populous province of Punjab and has long focused on fighting in Jammu and Kashmir. The UN Security Council, says it has conducted "numerous terrorist operations" against military and civilian targets since 1993, including November 2008 attacks in India's commercial capital of Mumbai that killed 166.
Hafiz Saeed, who founded LeT around 1990, has denied any role in the attack.

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The United Nations says LeT has also been implicated in attacks on Mumbai commuter trains in July 2006 and a December 2001 attack on India's parliament.

(With inputs from agencies)

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