Jammu, Jul 3 (PTI) Two heavily-armed LeT terrorists including the mastermind of a recent IED blast in Rajouri were overpowered on Sunday by villagers in Jammu and Kashmir"s Reasi and handed over to the police, as a political slugfest erupted after it emerged one of them was linked to the BJP.Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Director General of Police Dilbag Singh lauded the villagers for their courage and announced cash rewards for them.The terrorists including the most wanted LeT commander Talib Hussain, a resident of Rajouri district and the mastermind of the recent IED blast in the district, were nabbed at Tuksan Dhok village, the officials said."Today, villagers of Tukson Dhok showed extreme courage in apprehending two most wanted terrorists of LeT who had reached the area to take shelter after continuous pressure from the police and army (in Rajouri district),” Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said in a statement here.He identified the other captured terrorist as Faisal Ahmad Dar of south Kashmir’s Pulwama, and said two AK assault rifles, seven grenades, a pistol and a huge quantity of ammunition were recovered from the two arrested terrorists.Singh said the Lt Governor has applauded the courage of villagers and announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for their bravery, while the Director General of Police announced a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh for them."I salute the bravery of villagers of Tukson Dhok, Reasi, who apprehended two-most wanted terrorists. Such determination by common man shows end of terrorism is not far away. UT Govt to extend Rs five lakh cash reward to villagers for gallant act against terrorists and terrorism," the office of LG tweeted.The arrest of the duo followed unearthing of a module headed by Hussain in Rajouri district on June 28, which was behind the recent series of explosions in the district.While two terror operatives of the outfit were arrested along with five Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Hussain was on the run and had moved to nearby Reasi district to escape the dragnet of security forces."Hussain was in constant touch with LeT terrorist Qasim based in Pakistan and was involved in at least three cases of IED blasts at Rajouri district besides civilian killings and grenade blasts," Singh said.During preliminary questioning, he said it was revealed that both the terrorists were also in touch with a Pakistani LeT handler Salman.Terming the arrest of the two terrorists a “major breakthrough”, the officer said they were attempting to revive terrorism in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch besides Reasi.Twin explosions rocked Kotrana town of Rajouri on March 26 and another on April 19, leaving two persons injured.Two more persons were injured in another blast that took place in Shahpur-Budhal area of Rajouri on April 24.The capture of Shah and Dar triggered a slugfest between the BJP and the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir after the former was reported to be an active member of the saffron party who was recently selected as its IT and social media cell in charge of the minority morcha in Jammu province.As the news about their nabbing spread, purported pictures of Shah with JK BJP chief Ravinder Raina and his participation in party functions emerged on social media.The pictures included the one where Raina was presenting him a bouquet and a letter issued by party leader Sheikh Bashir, assigning him the responsibility of new IT and social media incharge of Minority Morcha (Jammu province) on May 9 While Raina dismissed the presence of Shah in his party as a "conspiracy hatched by Pakistan to target him and the party headquarters", Pradesh Congress Committee chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said the ruling party should answer to the nation the alleged presence of terrorists in their ranks and holding important party positions.PTI TAS SKL TIR TIR