Jaish Chief’s Relative Who Planned Pulwama Aattack Killed In Kashmir: Police
Security forces have killed at least 87 terrorists, including some top commanders, in Kashmir since January this year
Mumbai: Pakistani terrorist Abu Saifullah aka Ismal Alvi, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), was killed in an encounter on Saturday, Inspector General of Kashmir Police Vijay Kumar said.
He was involved in planning the 2019 Pulwama attack in which at least 40 CRPF jawans were martyred.
Abu Saifullah, who was also known as Adnan, Ismail and Lamboo and had been operating in the valley since 2017, was killed along with another terrorist at Hangalmarg in Trial of the Pulwama district, the official added.
“He was involved in a series of other terror attacks, including the Pulwama attack of February 14, 2019. Adnan was a very strong ally of the Pakistan-based top JeM hierarchy of Rauf Azhar, Maulana Masood Azhar and Ammar,” the senior official said.
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Saifullah was trained with the Taliban and was an expert in vehicle-borne IEDs, which are also used in Afghanistan and the 2019 Pulwama attack. He was close to Talha Saif and Umar, both of whom have been killed. A security dossier states that residents of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, JeM’s global headquarters Awantipora, especially Kakpora and Pampore areas of Pulwama, are being used to re-establish and strengthen the JeM organization and recruit new terrorist groups.
During the encounter, he escaped under a cordon and in March 2020, a search operation was conducted at Jinpora in Chadoora Budgam, in which a soldier was injured. He was booked under several sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as other acts between 2018 and 2020 at police stations in the area.
The official also said that the identity details of the second terrorist are awaited. He said that an M-4 rifle, AK-47 rifle, a Glock pistol and another pistol have been recovered from the slain terrorists.
Police said the security forces launched a joint operation in the morning and during the cordon and search operation, firing started.
Security forces have killed at least 87 terrorists, including some top commanders, in Kashmir since January this year.
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