Srinagar: In a major breakthrough, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) module was busted in Srinagar with the killing of two militants and arrest of 18 who had planned attacks on Bombay Stock Exchange, strategic places in Delhi and elsewhere and had links with the four militants killed in an encounter in Ahmedabad on June 15, a top police official said today (June 29, 2004).

The module had planned to target the Bombay Stock Exchange, some strategic places in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Pune, top political leaders and police officers, Director General of Police Gopal Sharma told.

The Special Investigation Team of Srinagar district police also found a link between the module and the four LeT militants killed in Ahmedabad.

One of the four militants killed in Ahmedabad, Babar, a Pakistani national, was sent from here, the DGP said.

"We have come across some links between this group and four LeT militants killed in an encounter with Gujarat police. We are going to probe it further," he said.

The militants arrested from various parts of the city in the past three days were involved in several high profile killings including that of Maulvi Mushtaq Ahmed, uncle of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, blasts and suicide attacks, he said.

The DGP said of the 20 militants arrested, two, both Pakistani nationals, were killed when a police team leading them for recoveries came under fire from a hideout in Rawalpora area last night. Five policemen were also injured in the shootout.