Pulwama: Jaish-e-Mohammad commander and a key aide of Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar, Kamran was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, reported NDTV.
Kamran was a trusted aide of Azhar, responsible for recruiting, radicalising and training terrorists in the Kashmir Valley.
The second terrorist killed has been identified as Ghazi Rasheed, an Afghan national, who was known to be an IED specialist.
Four soldiers including an officer were killed in an overnight encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Two soldiers have also been injured.
This encounter comes days after over 40 soldiers were killed in a terror attack on a CRPF convoy.
A search operation was launched on Sunday late night by the Indian Army, police and CRPF personnel after a tip-off that JeM terrorists were hiding in the Pinglan area.
A top Jaish-e-Mohammed commander linked to the Pulwama attack is believed to be among the three militants trapped in the encounter, according to sources.
A civilian was also killed during the encounter.
The slain personnel — identified as major VS Dhoundiyal, havaldar Sheo Ram, sepoy Ajay Kumar and sepoy Hari Singh — belonged to the 55 Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army.
On February 14, a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist drove his car close to a CRPF convoy of 78 buses on the Jammu-Srinagar highway and detonated around 60 kg of RDX, killing over 40 personnel reporting to duty.
