The self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Tayiba who was killed in a joint operation�of the Border Security Force and Jammu and Kashmir Police was the brain behind the Akshardham attack and Nadimarg massacre,�a�paramilitary force�officer said on Friday.

Manzoor Zahid Choudhry was also involved in several fidayeen attacks, BSF Deputy Inspector General K Srinivasan said.�

Choudhry, a resident of Lahore, was also publicity in charge of LeT.�

Srinivasan�said the BSF has gathered a lot of information from the laptop computer and digital diary seized from the slain militant.

Srinivasan said Choudhry, who was functioning under several aliases,�through an email had informed one Saiful Muzammil in Pakistan about the successful�attack on�the Akshardham temple.

He said Choudhry had deputed two militants -- Hafiz and Hawal -- to carry out the temple attack.