Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 26: Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said that one of the four terrorists killed in Tuesday's gunfight in the Tral forest area was a Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) operational commander.
Director general of police (DGP) SP Vaid said: "Operational commander of JeM Mufti Yasir was among those killed in the joint operation in upper reaches of Tral."
Four JeM terrorists, one soldier and a state police constable were killed in the over eight-hour long gunfight.
The DGP has also uploaded a picture on Twitter of the slain terrorist showing him alongside Masood Azhar, the founder of JeM.
Two other terrorists, Sheikh Omar and Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, were also swapped in addition to Azhar for the release of hostages.
The flight was hijacked from Kathmandu and after a stopover at Amritsar it was taken to Kandahar. |
