Sunday, March 6 2005 10:32 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Foiling an attempt by Lashkar-e-Toiba militants to attack Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun, police shot dead three members of the outfit, including two Pakistani nationals, in an encounter in New Delhi last night (Mar 5, 2005).

Shahnawaz and Bilawal, both Pakistani nationals, and Shams alias Prevez hailing from Patna, were killed in a 50-minute-long encounter in Suraj Vihar in Uttam Nagar of south-west Delhi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Ashok Chand said.

Three AK-56 rifles and a huge amount of explosives and ammunition had been recovered from them, he said.